Matter of Strauss (Commr. of Labor)

McCarthy, J.P.

Appeals from two decisions of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed May 12, 2012, which ruled, among other things, that RMC Research Corporation is liable for additional unemployment insurance contributions on remuneration paid to claimant and others similarly situated.

RMC Research Corporation, an educational research firm, contracted with the New York City Department of Education to provide teaching consultants, known as “peer observers,” for the purpose of evaluating teachers who had received unsatisfactory ratings by school administrators. RMC retained former…