Sidell v. Review Board of Indiana Employment Security Division

CONOVER, Judge.

This case involves an appeal from a decision of the Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division. The issue on appeal is whether the decision of the Board, adopting the conclusions of the referee, was contrary to law in denying claimant’s Trade Readjustment Allowance benefits. Since we find the Board’s decision is contrary to law, we reverse.

TRADE ACT OF 1974

The appeal requires an interpretation of the phrase weeks of employment used in the Trade Act of 1974, 19 U.S.C. § 2101 et seq., as applied through Indiana law. Pertinent portions of the Trade Act of 1974…