In re the Claim of Bielak

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed November 1, 2011, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because he voluntarily left his employment without good cause.

Claimant worked for the employer as a toolmaker for nearly two years. He was stressed by the physical and psychological demands of the job and felt that his supervisor was verbally abusive and treated him poorly. In early December 2009, he took a few days off from his job and went to see a doctor, who diagnosed him with work-related stress and anxiety…