In re the Claim of Richins

Appeals from two decisions of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed November 30, 2011, which ruled, among other things, that Quick Change Artistry, LLC was liable for unemployment insurance contributions based on remuneration paid to claimant and others similarly situated.

Quick Change Artistry, LLC is in the business of booking backstage support staff — i.e., dressers, pressers, pinners and tailors — for designers and producers of fashion shows. Claimant was engaged by Quick Change to render services as a pinner for one week in November 2008 and one day in December 2008. When…