In re the Claim of Diaz

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed March 12, 2003, which ruled that claimant’s request for a hearing was untimely.

After losing his job as a restaurant worker, claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because he was terminated due to misconduct. Notices of determination to such effect were mailed to him on June 19, 2001. He admitted receiving such notices, both in English and in Spanish, a few days after they were mailed. He did not, however, request a hearing until October 2001 at the earliest. Upon finding claimant’s…