UGI Utilities, Inc. v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

LEADBETTER, Judge.

This appeal raises an issue of first impression, whether a fluorescent barcode, placed upon an envelope by the United State Postal Service (USPS) to facilitate automated mail processing, is a “postmark” for the purposes of determining whether an appeal to the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) is timely filed.

The essential facts are as follows. On January 21, 2000, the Allentown Unemployment Compensation Center (Job Center) issued to UGI Utilities, Inc. (Employer) a notice of determination granting unemployment benefits to Charles H. Potts (claimant). In…