Legal Opinion
Runkle v. Commonwealth
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 2, 1987No. Appeal, No. 2500 C. D. 1985PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Senior Judge Kalish,
Petitioner appeals the decision and order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which affirmed the decision of the referee denying benefits to petitioner for willful misconduct, pursuant to section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law), Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., PL. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 PS. §802(e). We reverse.
Petitioner was a nursing assistant for over twenty-three years. Her discharge was based on willful misconduct due to a lack of good cause for absenteeism.
The question of whether the behavior for which a…
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