IN RE: the Claim of Ance T. CANTY (2008)

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed February 15, 2007, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because he voluntarily left his employment without good cause.

Substantial evidence supports the decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board that claimant voluntarily left his employment without good cause.   Claimant, a security officer, variously testified that he did not report to work as scheduled because he needed to earn more money and had sustained certain injuries during a prior confrontation with a coworker.   The case law makes clear, however, that neither dissatisfaction with one's wages (see Matter of Feliciano [Commissioner of Labor], 39 A.D.3d 1115, 1116, 834 N.Y.S.2d 391 [2007];  Matter of Bollweg [Commissioner of Labor], 288 A.D.2d 811, 733 N.Y.S.2d 765 [2001] ) nor conflicts with a coworker (see Matter of Odock [Independent Living-Commissioner of Labor], 254 A.D.2d 551, 552, 678 N.Y.S.2d 799 [1998] ) constitutes good cause for leaving one's employment.   With regard to the alleged confrontation with the coworker and resulting injuries, of which the employer's representative apparently was unaware, the medical documentation submitted by claimant indicates that he did not seek treatment until approximately two months after such incident purportedly occurred and, in any event, there is no indication that claimant received medical advice to leave his employment.   To the extent that claimant and the employer's representative offered conflicting accounts as to the circumstances surrounding claimant's separation from employment, this presented a credibility issue for the Board to resolve (see Matter of Casey [Commissioner of Labor], 37 A.D.3d 964, 964-965, 829 N.Y.S.2d 750 [2007] ).

ORDERED that the decision is affirmed, without costs.