In re the Claim of Spinella

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed July 6, 1989, which ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because he voluntarily left his employment without good cause.

For 24 years, claimant and his wife owned and operated a furniture upholstery business of which claimant was president. In 1987 and 1988, a substantial turnover in employees occurred which left claimant without a full-time upholsterer. Although claimant attempted to locate replacements through use of advertisement and the State Employment Service, his efforts were…