In re the Claim of Susswein

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed October 22, 2004, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant worked as a tape analyst for the employer, an organization which collects licensing fees for the use of music and distributes royalties to the writers and publishers. His job required him to compare tape recordings of radio broadcasts with electronic logs to verify the accuracy of the logs, which were, in turn, used to determine the royalties to be…