Matter of Gill (Commr. of Labor)

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployrfient Insurance Ap peal Board, filed April 1, 2015, which ruled that claimant was eligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits.

Claimant initially worked for the employer as a welder. Following an injury resulting in his extended absence from work, the employer terminated claimant’s employment in April 2013 for staffing reasons. Shortly thereafter, in June 2013, claimant was rehired by the employer as a boiler mechanic. He subsequently filed several grievances contesting, among other things, the denial of a pay increase and vacation leave. In…