In re the Claim of Todaro

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed March 28, 1997, which ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because he did not file a valid original claim.

Claimant, a veteran, was discharged from his permanent, noncompetitive position as Director of Fiscal Management and Investments for the State Insurance Fund (hereinafter the employer) in April 1995. He subsequently applied for unemployment insurance benefits and, following a hearing, the Administrative Law Judge (hereinafter ALJ) ruled that he was eligible and awarded…