In re the Claim of Rivera

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed March 31, 1988, which denied the employer’s application for reopening and reconsideration of a prior decision of the Board.

Claimant filed a claim for unemployment insurance benefits in June 1986 but was ruled ineligible by an initial determination which found that claimant had insufficient weeks of employment during the base period. Claimant appealed and hearings were held in which claimant testified that he had worked for his employer since April 1985. The employer, however, testified that claimant was not hired until…