In re the Claim of Fowler

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed April 15, 1996, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant worked for the employer furniture company as a quality inspector and furniture repair person. His employment was terminated after the employer learned that on a day when claimant had obtained permission to be absent from work ostensibly to keep a doctor’s appointment, he was, in fact, at a job interview. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board ruled…