Appeal of Durocher

The pro se claimants, Arthur H. Durocher and William F. Bertholdt, appeal from decisions of two appeal tribunals of the department of employment security (DES), denying them unemployment compensation because they had substantially removed themselves from the labor market and because they were not unemployed individuals as defined by ESA 282-A:14 (1987 & Supp. 1992). We reverse and remand.

The claimants, employees of Sanders Associates, Inc., were laid off in August 1990 due to lack of work. In September of the same year, the claimants and another former employee of Sanders Associates formed a…