In re the Claim of Bal

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed May 31, 2002, which denied claimant’s request to recompute his unemployment insurance benefit rate.

Claimant’s unemployment insurance benefit rate was calculated pursuant to Labor Law § 590 (5) by dividing the remuneration paid him during the highest quarter of his base period by one-twenty-sixth, rounded down to the lowest dollar. The record is clear that claimant sought recomputation of his unemployment rate using the average weekly wage computations contained in Labor Law § 590 (12). Such a request for recomputation,…