In re the Claim of Washington

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed January 15, 2010, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because her employment was terminated due to misconduct. Claimant worked as a part-time cleaner for the employer for approximately three years, until her employment was termi 1604 nated in April 2009 when her supervisor discovered her exiting the cafeteria with a drink in her hand during a non-break period. Claimant applied for unemployment insurance benefits and, ultimately, the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board denied benefits on the ground that she lost her employment through misconduct. Claimant now appeals. We affirm. A knowing violation of an employer’s established policies and procedures has been held to constitute disqualifying misconduct (see Matter of Garrett [Commissioner of Labor], 67 AD3d 1160, 1161 [2009]; Matter of Kridel [Commissioner of Labor], 54 AD3d 465, 466 [2008]). Here, claimant admitted at the hearing that she was found in an unauthorized area when she was not on break, and the record demonstrated that claimant had received three prior written warnings regarding similar behavior. Accordingly, we decline to disturb the Board’s decision, inasmuch as it is supported by substantial evidence. Mercure, J.E, Spain, Lahtinen, Kavanagh and McCarthy, JJ., concur. Ordered that the decision is affirmed, without costs.