In re the Claim of Storch

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed August 30, 1996, which, inter alia, denied as untimely the request for a hearing of claimant’s employer.

We affirm. An employer’s failure to make a timely request for a hearing pursuant to Labor Law § 620 requires dismissal of its appeal (see, Matter of Davino [Good Samaritan Hosp. Med. Ctr.—Hudacs], 210 AD2d 778, 779). This Court consistently has held that the limitations period set forth in Labor Law § 620 is to be strictly construed (see, Matter of Hodges [Hartnett], 154 AD2d 816, 817). As the employer here failed to…