Chamberlain v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

OPINION BY

Judge McCULLOUGH.

Charles H. Chamberlain (Claimant) petitions for review of the March 13, 2013 order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board), which affirmed a referee’s determination and held that Claimant is ineligible for benefits under section 402.6 of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law),1 providing that an employee is ineligible for benefits for any weeks of unemployment during which the employee “is incarcerated after a conviction.” 43 P.S. § 802.6. We reverse.

Claimant filed an initial application for unemployment benefits on July 10, 2011, and was found…