Belmont v. State, Department of Labor

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

Frank Belmont appeals from a superior court judgment affirming on appeal a decision of the Commissioner of Labor. The Commissioner had upheld a decision by the Employment Security Division’s Appeal Tribunal, to reduce Belmont’s weekly unemployment insurance benefit by the amount of his Teamsters Local 959 pension, pursuant to Alaska Statute 23.20.362. We affirm.

Belmont worked as a Teamster for a sufficient number of years to have earned upon retirement a monthly pension of $781.76. Following his retirement in July 1985, Belmont applied for unemployment insurance…