Paolucci v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

OPINION BY

Judge MARY HANNAH LEAVITT.

Elizabeth Paolucei (Claimant) petitions for review of an adjudication of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) denying her claim for benefits for the stated reason that she committed willful misconduct, which rendered her ineligible under Section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law.1 In this case of *1235first impression, we consider what happens when a disabled employee’s assertion of her rights under the Workers’ Compensation Act2 is construed by her employer as violating the standards of behavior it can reasonably expect of its…