Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of Betty A. Sweat, Appellant. Children's Home of Poughkeepsie, Respondent; John F. Hudacs, as Commissioner of Labor, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1993-11-18
Citations: 198 A.D.2d 695
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of Betty A. Sweat, Appellant. Children’s Home of Poughkeepsie, Respondent; John F. Hudacs, as Commissioner of Labor, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 198
Pages: 695–695

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of Betty A. Sweat, Appellant. Children’s Home of Poughkeepsie, Respondent; John F. Hudacs, as Commissioner of Labor, Respondent.
[603 NYS2d 362]

Opinion:
Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed December 30, 1992, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because her employment was terminated due to misconduct.
Claimant was discharged after she repeatedly refused a supervisor's instructions to clean certain bathrooms. Admittedly, this task was part of her job duties. Under the circumstances, and given the record before us, there is substantial evidence to support the Board's conclusion that claimant's refusal was insubordinate and amounted to misconduct. Claimant's remaining contentions have been considered and rejected as unpersuasive.
Weiss, P. J., Mercure, Crew III and White, JJ., concur. Ordered that the decision is affirmed, without costs.