Matter of Feldstein (Commissioner of Labor)

Matter of Feldstein (Commissioner of Labor) 2014 NY Slip Op 07407 Decided on October 30, 2014 Appellate Division, Third Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided and Entered: October 30, 2014
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[*1] YVONNE A. FELDSTEIN, Appellant.

and

COMMISSIONER OF LABOR, Respondent.

Calendar Date: September 16, 2014
Before: Peters, P.J., Stein, Garry, Egan Jr. and Devine, JJ.

Yvonne A. Feldstein, New York City, appellant pro se.

Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, New York City (Dawn A. Foshee of counsel), for respondent.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed October 4, 2013, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because she voluntarily left her employment without good cause.

Substantial evidence supports the decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board that claimant voluntarily left her employment as a medical secretary at a physician's office without good cause. Claimant quit the job after five days, complaining to the physician that the office manager was "very bossy, loud [and] intimidating." It is well settled, however, that an employee's inability to get along with a supervisor does not constitute good cause for leaving his or her employment (see Matter of Markaj [Commissioner of Labor], 119 AD3d 1267, 1267 [2014]; Matter of Bielak [Commissioner of Labor], 105 AD3d 1226, 1226 [2013]). Moreover, the physician stated that the office manager was "firm" but had never behaved in a rude or demeaning way, and claimant's vague testimony to the contrary created a credibility issue for the Board to resolve (see Matter of Crandall-Mars [Commissioner of Labor], 47 AD3d 1179, 1180 [2008]; Matter of Micara [Commissioner of Labor], 307 AD2d 568, 569 [2003]).

Peters, P.J., Stein, Garry, Egan Jr. and Devine, JJ., concur.

ORDERED that the decision is affirmed, without costs.