In re the Claim of Gulack

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board on the ground that there is no substantial evidence to support the board’s ¡finding that Louis Masheb was an employee of appellant rather than an independent contractor, thus making appellant liable for unemployment contributions. The question of whether an employment relationship existed between Masheb and appellant is factual, and thus for us to disturb the board’s decision we must find, on the basis of the record before us that, as a matter of law, no employment relationship existed (Labor Law, § 623; e.g., Matter of Stork…