Gilliam v. Employment Security Commission

JOHNSON, Judge.

On 6 July 1990, the Employment Security Commission (the ESC), retroactively disqualified the petitioner, Christine Gilliam, from receiving unemployment insurance benefits for the weeks ending 28 April 1990 through 30 June 1990, on the basis that she failed to conduct a work search for that period, as required by North Carolina General Statutes § 96-13(a)(3) (1991).

On 18 July 1990, the Commission issued an overpayment notice to the petitioner in the amount of $1,002.00, reduced petitioner’s benefits to recover the overpayment and recovered those benefits from petitioner.

Petitione…