78 A.D.2d 742 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1980
Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed April 15, 1980, which rescinded its prior determination of January 18, 1979 that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment benefits effective June 26, 1978 because she was not available for employment and instead denied claimant benefits effective June 26, 1978 because she had a reasonable assurance of continued employment during her employer’s next academic term as provided in subdivision 10 of section 590 of the Labor Law. As a replacement for a teacher who had gone on leave, claimant was employed as a regular substitute teacher in the Utica School District from November 7, 1977 until June 23, 1978. On June 1, 1978, she was given a written notification by the district that her services as a substitute would be terminated effective June 30, 1978, and by a subsequent letter dated June 7, 1978, she was further advised by the district that she could "be reasonably assured of a position as a substitute teacher with the District” for the next school year. Under these circumstances, claimant applied for unemployment benefits, and her application was denied by the local office on two grounds, to wit: that she was not available for employment and that she had a reasonable assurance of employment by the district as a substitute for the next school year as provided in subdivision 10 of section 590 of the Labor Law. Following a hearing on the matter, an Administrative Law Judge sustained the unavailability for employment determination and ruled the' remaining initial determination academic. This decision was affirmed by the board, and the matter was on the March Term Calendar for appeal to this court when a