In re the Claim of Bateman

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed July 24,1987.

Claimant was employed as a correction officer in the employer’s, county jail when one of the prisoners escaped from the tier to which claimant had been assigned. As a result, claimant was served with a notice of discipline on January 7, 1986, alleging certain infractions and stating that claimant would be dismissed from her employment effective at the end of the workday January 10, 1986. The notice also advised claimant that she had the right to file a grievance. At the time claimant was served with the…