Matter of Alford (Commissioner of Labor)

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed May 6, 2016, which dismissed claimant’s appeal from a decision of the Administrative Law Judge as untimely.

By decision filed June 30, 2015, an Administrative Law Judge (hereinafter ALJ) modified the initial decision of the Department of Labor — which found claimant eligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits — to reflect claimant’s unavailability for employment on certain dates and continued the initial decision in effect. Thereafter, by decision filed March 24, 2016, the ALJ denied claimant’s application to…