Matter of DeStefan (Commissioner of Labor)

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed July 25, 2016, which ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because she did not comply with certification and registration requirements.

Claimant filed an original claim for unemployment insurance benefits in April 2015 after she was laid off from her job as a teaching assistant. The Department of Labor initially found her eligible to receive benefits, but this determination was overruled by an Administrative Law Judge (hereinafter ALJ) in October 2015 following a hearing. Claimant…