In re the Claim of Steiner

Appeal by the claimant from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board holding claimant ineligible to receive benefits effective May 16, 1967 on the ground that she was not available for employment (Labor Law, § 591, subd. 2). Claimant was discharged from her employment as a stenographer on April 28, 1967 solely because she was pregnant. Despite the .imminence of her confinement (the expected date was July 20), claimant made an effort to seek employment. The board, however, found that the credible evidence established that “claimant was not genuinely attached to the labor market…