In re the Claim of De Voe

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed March 30, 1992, which ruled that claimant’s benefit ratio should be reduced to zero.

The maximum amount of unemployment insurance benefits that claimant could receive was $300 per week. After he left his employment in January 1991, claimant began receiving a monthly pension of $1,756.01 from a pension fund that was totally funded by his employer. Because the weekly equivalent of claimant’s pension exceeded the $300 benefit rate, the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board reduced claimant’s benefit rate to zero pursuant to…