In re the Claim of Perkins

—Appeals from two decisions of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed March 31, 1997, which, upon reconsideration, adhered to its prior decisions ruling, inter alia, that claimants were ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because they were not totally unemployed.

While collecting unemployment insurance benefits, claimant Keith D. Perkins failed to report his involvement in his automobile repair business to the local unemployment insurance office. His wife, claimant Lauraine Perkins, also failed to report the services she performed for her husband’s business (such as…