Unemployment Insurance and COVID-19 Updates

This program will cover unemployment insurance benefits including regular UI benefits as well as the benefits expanded under the CARES Act (PUA, PUC, PEUC). Our panelists will discuss issues relating to status, eligibility, and reasons for disqualification. The structure and procedures of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board will be examined as well as common unemployment insurance issues adjudicated before the Board. The impact that the COVID-19 virus has had on the workings of the UIAB will be thoroughly explored.

Speakers

Nicole Salk, Esq. – Brooklyn Legal Services, New York City

Joan C. Lenihan, Esq., Program Chair/Moderator – Joan C. Lenihan, Attorney at Law, New York City

Hon. Jayson S. Myers, Chief Administrative Law Judge – Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board, Albany

Jacob Korder, Esq. – Korder Law, New York City