In re the Claim of Forbes

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed April 9, 1996, which ruled that Brooklyn Center for Families in Crisis, Inc. was liable for unemployment insurance contributions on remuneration paid to claimant and those similarly situated.

It is uncontested that claimant was a salaried employee of Brooklyn Center for Families in Crisis, Inc. (hereinafter the Center) for two years, working as a psychiatric social worker. For the last six months of her employment, however, the Center reclassified claimant, among others, as an “independent contractor”, and claimant was…