In re the Claim of Alkovic

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed January 14, 2005, which ruled that claimant’s request for a hearing was untimely.

*1063By initial determination dated July 24, 2003, the Department of Labor disqualified claimant from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because he voluntarily left his employment without good cause. In response to claimant’s inquiries concerning the reason for the denial, the Department advised him to request a hearing. Claimant subsequently sent a letter, received by the Department on September 25, 2004, which it considered a request for…