In re the Claim of Pokutycki

Appeal by claimant from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board imposing a forfeiture of twenty-four effective days on the ground that the claimant had willfully made a false representation to obtain unemployment insurance benefits. Claimant, a woodworker, was laid off on March 27, 1951. He applied for benefits on March 28th and reported that he had earned only $22.60 on March 26th and 27th, the first two days of the statutory week ending April 1st. On inquiry from the employer, the Industrial Commissioner ascertained that the claimant had, in fact, earned $27.72 on those two…