| Matter of Stowits (Commissioner of Labor) |
| 2018 NY Slip Op 01530 [159 AD3d 1184] |
| March 8, 2018 |
| Appellate Division, Third Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| In the Matter of the Claim of Gwen G. Stowits, Appellant; Commissioner of Labor, Respondent. |
Gwen G. Stowits, Waverly, appellant pro se.
Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, New York City (Bessie Bazile of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed June 7, 2017, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because her employment was terminated due to misconduct.
Claimant worked at a distribution center for approximately 3
We affirm. An employee who exhibits disrespectful, rude, harassing or threatening behavior toward a coworker may be found to have engaged in misconduct disqualifying the employee from receiving unemployment insurance benefits (see Matter of Pierre [FJC Sec. Servs., Inc.—Commissioner of Labor], 141 AD3d 1069, 1069 [2016], lv dismissed 29 NY3d 1143 [2017]; Matter of Campon [Commissioner of Labor], 122 AD3d 1228, 1228-1229 [2014]; Matter of Mercurio [Commissioner of Labor], 301 AD2d 939, 940 [2003]). Here, there was evidence that claimant harassed a newly hired employee and, after receiving a written warning, threatened to physically harm another employee. Claimant's contrary testimony presented a credibility issue for the Board to resolve (see Matter of Hernandez [Commissioner of Labor], 98 AD3d 1185, [*2]1185 [2012]; Matter of Colindres [Commissioner of Labor], 91 AD3d 991, 992 [2012]). Accordingly, inasmuch as substantial evidence supports the Board's decision, we find no reason to disturb it.
McCarthy, J.P., Lynch, Aarons, Rumsey and Pritzker, JJ., concur. Ordered that the decision is affirmed, without costs.