In re the Claim of Denny

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed September 7, 1995, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment benefits because he was not totally unemployed.

While collecting unemployment insurance benefits, claimant solicited business from former clients in an attempt to gain employment with his former employer’s competitor. The Board determined that claimant was not totally unemployed for 10 days during the time period he was receiving benefits (modifying the Administrative Law Judge’s finding of 16 days) and charged him with a…