In re the Claim of Kunz

Appeal is taken by claimant from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board which held him ineligible for benefits on the ground that he did not file a valid original claim, the basis of that conclusion being that he did not have sufficient earnings in covered employment in his base period, after exclusion of his wages for services performed in Prance. The case is one of first impression.

Claimant was hired by the employer in 1961 as a project liaison engineer, assigned to the employer’s branch in Paris for the duration of the project. The employment continued for 41 months, at the…