In re the Claim of McCarthy

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed August 8, 2001, which ruled that claimant’s request for a hearing was untimely.

By decision dated June 7, 1996, claimant was found to be disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because he lost his employment due to misconduct. Based upon the June 7, 1996 decision, the Commissioner of Labor issued another decision dated June 18, 1996 charging claimant with a recoverable overpayment of benefits. While the record indicates *828that claimant requested that the June 7, 1996 misconduct decision be reopened and…