Gelb v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Ckaig,

Where an unemployment compensation claimant, by virtue of his ownership of 50% of a business corporation’s stock and his office as president of that corporation, possesses the power to control the corporation, but has in fact not exercised such control, is he ineligible for compensation on the ground that his engagement with the corporation constituted self-employment?

The claimant, Maurice Gelb, has appealed from an affirmance, by the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, of a referee’s decision which denied benefits on the above-stated grounds, citing Starinieri…