686 N.Y.S.2d 113 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1999
—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed September 12, 1997, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.
Claimant was employed by an employment agency and assigned to a temporary clerical position with a bank. The bank informed the employer on December 19, 1996 that it would no longer need claimant’s services because of his excessive absences from work. Claimant did not contact the employer concerning his dismissal and applied for unemployment insurance benefits on January 6, 1997. The employer repeatedly attempted to contact claimant and finally did so by telephone in February 1997. The employer offered claimant a position for which he was indisputably suited at an appropriate salary and claimant accepted. However, claimant never showed up for work on the appointed date, and never contacted the employer again. In our view, substantial evidence supports the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board’s ruling that claimant was
Mikoll, J. P., Crew III, Spain, Carpinello and Graffeo, JJ., concur. Ordered that the decision is affirmed, without costs.