In re the Claim of McClane

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed April 3, 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, an environmental engineer, was placed on involuntary medical leave from December 18, 1992 until his employment was terminated on December 20, 1993. Substantial evidence supports the decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board that claimant was ineligible to receive benefits because he lacked sufficient weeks of…