Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of Joseph Pristina, Appellant. Thomas F. Hartnett, as Commissioner of Labor, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1991-01-10
Citations: 169 A.D.2d 921
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of Joseph Pristina, Appellant. Thomas F. Hartnett, as Commissioner of Labor, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 169
Pages: 921–922

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of Joseph Pristina, Appellant. Thomas F. Hartnett, as Commissioner of Labor, Respondent.

Opinion:
Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed May 30, 1990, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because he voluntarily left his employment without good cause.
Claimant left his job as a plumber's helper because he was dissatisfied with his wages. However, claimant admitted that he was not yet a journeyman plumber, that he was paid the union scale for helpers and that, at the time he was hired, there was no discussion of his wages. Consequently, substantial evidence supports the finding that claimant voluntarily left his employment without good cause (see, Matter of Decker [Levine], 50 AD2d 1030, 1031; Matter of Latona [Levine] 50 AD2d 957).
Decision affirmed, without costs. Mahoney, P. J., Weiss, Mikoll, Yesawich, Jr., and Harvey, JJ., concur.