Previte v. Director of Division of Employment Security

This is an appeal under G. L. c. 151A, § 42, from the decision of a District Court judge affirming the decision of the Board of Review in the Division of Employment Security denying unemployment benefits to the petitioner, who had been employed as a floral designer in a business that had closed. The Board of Review denied the application of the petitioner for a rehearing after a review examiner had found that the petitioner had failed to meet the eligibility requirements of G. L. c. 151A, § 24 (b), which obliges the individual seeking benefits to “ [b]e capable of and available for work and…