In re the Claim of Toman

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed January 9, 2002, which, upon reconsideration, adhered to its prior decision ruling, inter alia, that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because she was not totally unemployed.

Claimant collected unemployment insurance benefits after twice being laid off from her employment as the manager of her spouse’s house painting business, a company that operated out of the couple’s residence. During the two benefit periods at issue, claimant admittedly continued to write checks on behalf of the…