Opinion
January 5, 1995
Appeal from the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board.
Claimant was employed by Putnam County National Bank for about nine years. As branch manager, claimant was not authorized to make loans. However, she made unauthorized loans to co-workers by cashing their personal checks and holding the checks in the teller's cash box for several days, keeping the checks from the bank's bookkeeping department. As a result, the coemployees avoided having their names appear on the bank's insufficient funds list. The bank apparently had no specific rule or regulation preventing this practice but claimant admitted that she knew she was violating bank policy by cashing and holding the bank employees' checks. Substantial evidence supports the Board's finding of misconduct. Therefore, the Board's decision should be affirmed.
Cardona, P.J., Mercure, White and Peters, JJ., concur. Ordered that the decision is affirmed, without costs.