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Matter of Matolka

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Jul 9, 1998
252 A.D.2d 697 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)

Opinion

July 9, 1998

Appeal from the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board.


Claimant was employed as a sales associate at a retail photography store. During the final months of his employment, claimant and a female co-worker were having difficulty resolving a personal issue, as a result of which claimant threatened to slap the co-worker and engaged in a physical altercation with her husband in the store parking lot. Although repeatedly warned that continued personal contact with the co-worker would result in his termination, claimant nonetheless confronted the co-worker after the police arrived at the store to investigate her harassment complaint. Claimant then was terminated from his employment, and the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board subsequently ruled that he lost his employment under disqualifying circumstances. We affirm. Harassment or other unwelcomed personal contact with a co-worker that continues despite repeated warnings is detrimental to the employer's interest and has been found to constitute disqualifying misconduct ( see, Matter of Agis [Sweeney], 242 A.D.2d 819; see also, Matter of Schiffke [Hudacs], 189 A.D.2d 949). Based upon our review of the record, we find that substantial evidence supports the Board's decision that claimant was guilty of disqualifying misconduct.

Crew III, J.P., White, Yesawich Jr., Peters and Graffeo, JJ., concur.

Ordered that the decision is affirmed, without costs.


Summaries of

Matter of Matolka

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Jul 9, 1998
252 A.D.2d 697 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
Case details for

Matter of Matolka

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the Claim of JOHN A. MATOLKA, Appellant. COMMISSIONER OF…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department

Date published: Jul 9, 1998

Citations

252 A.D.2d 697 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
675 N.Y.S.2d 414