In re the Claim of Simko

— Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed December 10, 1974, which affirmed the decision of a referee sustaining an initial determination of the Industrial Commissioner reducing claimant’s benefit rate from $95 to zero per week, pursuant to section 600 of the Labor Law. Claimant, a Federal postal employee, was mandatorily retired at age 70 with a monthly pension of $993. Where the employer contributes more than one half, but less than 100% to the plan, claimant’s benefit rate is reduced by one half the prorated weekly amount of his pension. (Labor Law, § 600,…