In re the Claim of Murphy

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Ap*1047peal Board, filed May 31, 2012, which, among other things, ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because he was not totally unemployed.

Claimant was the president and founder of Select Staffing Inc. In 1997, his wife became president and sole owner of the corporation in an effort to market it as “a woman owned company.” However, plaintiffs wife began losing interest in the business and, due to declining business, claimant purportedly decided to discontinue corporate operations. In 2009, claimant…