Matter of Kim (Commr. of Labor)

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed August 27, 2013, which ruled that claimant was eligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits.

SUK Incorporated operates a black car limousine business that transports clients in and around New York City. Claimant worked for SUK for several years and, after he was terminated in 2010, applied for unemployment insurance benefits. The Department of Labor concluded that claimant’s base period employment with SUK was not covered employment under Labor Law § 511 because there was insufficient evidence to establish that an…