In re the Claim of Clarke

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed December 13, 2005, which ruled, inter alia, that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because her employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant worked as a medical secretary in the pathology department of a hospital. In August 2004, the employer approved her request to take the day after Thanksgiving off as a vacation day. Later, however, the employer rescinded the approval because claimant had used all of her vacation time. Claimant was warned that if she took that day off, her…