
    In the Matter of the Claim of Melvin R. Lord, Appellant. John E. Sweeney, as Commissioner of Labor, Respondent.
    [663 NYS2d 1013]
   Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed October 4, 1996, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant’s benefit rate should be reduced.

The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board ruled that Labor Law § 600 (7) (b) required a reduction in claimant’s benefit rate reflecting his receipt of payments from an employer-funded pension fund. Claimant was also charged with a recoverable overpayment. We affirm. Substantial evidence supports the finding that claimant’s pension fund was 100% funded by the employer, thereby triggering the statutory reduction in benefit payments (see, Matter of Chriscaden [Sweeney], 232 AD2d 803; Matter of Skinder [Sweeney], 226 AD2d 796).

Cardona, P. J., Mikoll, White, Peters and Spain, JJ., concur. Ordered that the decision is affirmed, without costs.  