MATTER OF VELEZ


243 A.D.2d 939 (1997)

664 N.Y.S.2d 636

In the Matter of the Claim of Rosa L. Velez, Appellant. John E. Sweeney, as Commissioner of Labor, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

October 23, 1997


Claimant was discharged from her employment as a legal secretary after she refused to accept assignments to work overtime. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board ruled that this constituted disqualifying misconduct. We affirm. It is undisputed that claimant accepted her position with the employer knowing that it would involve occasional overtime hours. The record discloses that claimant had willingly worked some overtime in the past when the employer had asked her to do...

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