In re the Claim Lavi

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed May 22, 1997, which ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because he did not have sufficient weeks of covered employment to file a valid original claim.

Claimant, a former furniture sales representative, filed an original claim for benefits and established a base period beginning on March 13, 1995 and ending on March 10, 1996. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive benefits because he did not have sufficient weeks of covered employment…