Oliver v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

Claimant Eva Oliver appeals a decision by the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review which, affirming the referee’s decision, denied her benefits on the basis of willful misconduct.1 We affirm.

*100Because of her husband’s illness, the claimant, a retail clerk, sought and received from her employer a leave of absence from September 29 to December 31, 1980, which, at her request, was extended until February 2, 1981.2 The claimant, however, did not return to work when her leave of absence expired and did not resume contact with her employer until approximately March 14,…