Matter of Papapietro (Commissioner of Labor)

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed August 12, 2016, which ruled, among other things, that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because he had a reasonable assurance of continued employment.

Claimant worked as a per diem substitute teacher for the Rochester City School District (hereinafter the employer) during the 2014-2015 school year. In the week immediately prior to a holiday recess at the end of December 2015, claimant worked at least three days. Claimant applied for unemployment insurance benefits due to a “lack of work”…