In re the Claim of Ankhbara

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed May 29, 2012, which ruled, among other things, that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because she failed to file a valid original claim.

Claimant, a tutor, filed an original claim for unemployment insurance benefits, effective October 11, 2010, establishing an alternate base period from the fourth quarter of 2009 through the third quarter of 2010, or October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2010. Her claim was denied on the basis that she did not meet the necessary requirements for filing a…