Opinion
October 9, 1997
Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board.
Claimant was employed on a seasonal basis as a groundskeeper. After several months, the employer offered claimant permanent employment, including an increased hourly pay rate, health insurance and other benefits, but with a reduced work schedule of five fewer hours per week. Claimant declined the offer and resigned because the new position would have resulted in a weekly decrease in pay of $16.25. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board ruled that claimant had left his employment without good cause and charged him with a recoverable overpayment. We affirm. It has been held that a claimant's dissatisfaction with a position's hours or wages does not constitute good cause for resigning ( see, Matter of Solano [Sweeney], 234 A.D.2d 845). Claimant's contention that he did not resign but was fired raised a question of credibility for resolution by the Board ( see, Matter of Cattan [French Eur. Publs. — Hudacs], 187 A.D.2d 858).
Mikoll, J.P., Mercure, Casey, Spain and Carpinello, JJ., concur. Ordered that the decision is affirmed, without costs.