In re the Claim of Tobar

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed May 17, 2002, which ruled that claimant’s request for a hearing was untimely.

By initial determination dated and mailed October 24, 2000, claimant was found ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because he was not totally unemployed. Claimant admitted that he received the determination shortly thereafter and read the instructions on the reverse side of the notice of determination indicating that he had 30 days in which to request a hearing. Claimant failed to request a hearing until January 2002. Claimant…