In re the Claim of Moskowitz

Claimant performed services for an employer during portions of a period in which he was enrolled as a student in a junior college; the services were part of the college curriculum. We are here asked to decide whether or not such services are excluded from the term “ employment ” as defined in section 511 of the Unemployment Insurance Law (Labor Law, art. 18).

“ Employment ” as defined by subdivision 1 of said section “ means any service under any contract of employment for hire, express or implied, written, or oral.” Subdivision 9 thereof provides an exception in the following language: “ Day…