MATTER OF BURNS


259 A.D.2d 797 (1999)

686 N.Y.S.2d 188

In the Matter of the Claim of FREDERICK A. BURNS, Appellant. COMMISSIONER OF LABOR, Respondent.

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

Decided March 4, 1999.


Claimant was discharged from his employment as a security guard after he failed to show up for his shift on January 15, 1996 or call in to report his absence. He received a warning for committing a similar infraction two weeks earlier. Substantial evidence supports the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board's ruling that claimant lost his employment under disqualifying circumstances. It is well established that a claimant's unauthorized absence from work may constitute disqualifying...

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