MATTIE L. JOHNSON v. BOARD OF REVIEW, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR et al.

 

NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE

APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY

APPELLATE DIVISION

DOCKET NO. A-6011-04T26011-04T2

MATTIE L. JOHNSON,

Appellant,

v.

BOARD OF REVIEW, DEPARTMENT

OF LABOR and BURLINGTON

COUNTY TIMES, INC.,

Respondents.

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Submitted July 5, 2006 - Decided August 1, 2006

Before Judges Skillman and Lisa.

On appeal from Board of Review, Department of Labor, Docket No. 72,533.

Mattie L. Johnson, appellant, pro se.

Zulima V. Farber, Attorney General, attorney for respondent (Patrick DeAlmeida, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Alan C. Stephens, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Parker McCay, attorneys for respondent Burlington County Times joins in brief of respondent Board of Review.

PER CURIAM

This is an appeal from a final decision of the Board of Review, which affirmed a decision by an Appeal Tribunal that appellant's appeal to that agency was untimely because it was not submitted within ten days of the mailing of the Deputy's determination or seven days of the receipt of that determination. We affirm substantially for the reasons set forth in the Appeal Tribunal's decision. We also note that even if the appeal had been timely, appellant's relocation to Georgia to remain with her husband was clearly a personal reason for leaving her employment, and therefore would not constitute "good cause attributable to [her] work" within the intent of N.J.S.A. 43:21-5(a) for voluntarily terminating her employment. See Self v. Bd. of Review, 91 N.J. 453, 456-57 (1982).

Affirmed.

 

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