Whitchurch v. Department of Employment Security

The claimant was employed as an evaluation research assistant by Washington County Mental Health Services, Inc., earning approximately $100.00 per week. When he began his job on October 31, 1978, he knew that it was funded by a grant which would terminate on October 31, 1979.

He was under the impression that he could go to the Barre office of the appellee, before his job ended, and get an advance determination as to what his unemployment compensation benefits would be. He felt that this would accelerate the paper work necessary for the ultimate filing of his claim. He went to the Barre office…