In re the Claim of Lemke

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed May 31, 1996, which ruled that claimant’s unemployment insurance benefit rate should be reduced to zero.

Claimant contributed 7% of the salary he earned as a Federal government employee to a pension fund, an amount which was matched or exceeded by his employer. When claimant’s employment ended after 36 years, he began to receive monthly pension payments in excess of $4,000. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board ruled that claimant’s benefit rate was subject to reduction by the amount of his pension payments, thereby…