In re the Claims of Rea

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed February 26, 1990, which dismissed claimants’ request for a hearing as untimely.

Notices of determinations which ruled claimants ineligible for unemployment insurance benefits for various reasons were mailed to each claimant on October 11, 1988. Claimants did not request hearings to review these determinations until *442January 5, 1989. The threshold issue raised at the hearing was the timeliness of the hearing requests. Claimants presented testimony that they did not receive the determinations. An investigator for the…