In re the Claim of Wexler

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed October 23, 2003, which ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits under the temporary extended unemployment compensation program for displaced airline-related workers.

Claimant, a legal secretary, was employed by two temporary employment agencies to perform word processing and secretarial services for law firms whose clients included airline companies. Claimant was laid off due to lack of available work and applied for unemployment insurance benefits in August 2002. After exhausting his…