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After Hours Off-Premises Fight With Co-Employee Can Constitute Disqualifying Misconduct

The Third Department determined that a fight with a co-employee after hours at a bar could constitute disqualifying misconduct if the fight was connected with claimant’s employment.  Because the Board, which granted unemployment benefits, based its determination on where the fight occurred, the matter was remitted:

“Fighting with a coworker, regardless of who initiates the confrontation, has been held to constitute misconduct disqualifying a claimant from receiving unemployment insurance benefits” … . Claimant, moreover, was aware that the employer considered fighting to be a major infraction and that it could result in his termination. It is true that the fight occurred at a bar outside of work hours but, in that regard, a claimant is disqualified from receiving benefits whenever his or her misconduct occurs “in connection with” his or her employment (Labor Law § 593 [3]…). Claimant was accordingly obliged, “even during his off-duty hours, to honor the standards of behavior which his employer has a right to expect of him and . . . he may be denied unemployment benefits as a result of misconduct in connection with his work if he fails to live up to this obligation” … . Therefore, the relevant question is not where or when the attack occurred, but whether it was connected to claimant’s employment … . Inasmuch as “the Board failed to address this relevant issue, its decision must be reversed and the matter remitted for further development of the record” … . Matter of Moniz (Nucor Steel Auburn, Inc.–Commissioner of Labor), 2015 NY Slip Op 02534, 3rd Dept 3-26-15

 

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