In re the Claim of Meade

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed August 15, 2003, which ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because she was not totally unemployed.

In November 2002, claimant applied for unemployment insurance benefits after she was laid off from her job as a controller and systems administrator. Frior to this time, she established a seasonal business known as Bookwear.com which sold stretchable fabric book covers for children’s books. Claimant incorporated this business during the summer of 2002 and acted as its president.…