Unemployment Compensation Board of Review v. Digiacomo

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

The sole question for our review is whether the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) properly dismissed the petition of appeal of Joseph A. Digiacomo (Claimant) pursuant to Section 502 of the Unemployment Compensation Law1 when the appeal was postmarked twelve (12) days after the referee’s decision and was received thirteen (13) days after that decision.

Section 502 states in relevant part:

“The parties and the department shall be duly notified of the referee’s decision, and the reasons therefor, which shall be deemed the final decision of the board,…