In re the Claim of Robinson

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed March 10, 2009, which, among other things, ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because he earned over the statutory limitation.

Claimant was employed as a lecturer at Cornell University for the summer 2006 and summer 2007 sessions, teaching a class two days per week. For his services, claimant received a flat fee of $9,360 for the summer 2006 session, representing an average weekly wage of $1,560, and a flat fee of $9,780 for the summer 2007 session, representing an average weekly…