In re the Claim of Venettozzi

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed September 20,1995, which ruled that the employer was liable for unemployment insurance contributions on remunerations paid to claimants.

The Board ruled that the employer, an administrator of health insurance carriers, exercised sufficient direction and control over the activities of claimants to establish an employer-employee relationship. According to evidence adduced at the hearing, claimant Don E. Venettozzi worked as an insurance sales agent while claimant Lynne A. Miller worked out of her residence as a…