In re the Claim of Mercurio

Appeals (1) from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed September 17, 1996, which, upon reconsideration, adhered to its previous decision ruling that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because she did not have sufficient weeks of employment to file a valid original claim, and (2) from a decision of the Board, filed November 14, 1996, which denied claimant’s application for reopening and reconsideration of the prior decision.

As part of the employer’s reduction in workforce, claimant voluntarily resigned from her employment, in consideration…