MATTER OF BESSERMAN


260 A.D.2d 832 (1999)

688 N.Y.S.2d 769

In the Matter of the Claim of ELEANOR S. BESSERMAN, Appellant. COMMISSIONER OF LABOR, Respondent.

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

Decided April 15, 1999.


When claimant was not selected for a permanent assignment, she resigned from her employment as a legal secretary due to her dissatisfaction with her four-month status as a "floater". The record demonstrates that it was the employer's policy to initially hire legal secretaries as "floaters", requiring them to work in various legal departments in order to familiarize themselves with the procedures of the firm.

Claimant also attributes her resignation to verbal abuse...

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