MATTER OF SHABAZZ-ALLAH


247 A.D.2d 749 (1998)

669 N.Y.S.2d 396

In the Matter of the Claim of Melchisedek Shabazzallah, Appellant. The College of New Rochelle, Respondent. John E. Sweeney, as Commissioner of Labor, Respondent

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

February 19, 1998


Claimant was discharged from his position as a security guard after an incident wherein he directed obscene and angry language at another employee and then twice refused his supervisor's orders to file an incident report in regard thereto. We affirm the decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board that claimant lost his employment under disqualifying circumstances. This Court has held that an employee's disrespectful conduct and vulgar language may constitute

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