Stratford v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Barry,

Petitioner (claimant) has appealed a decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which affirmed a referee’s decision and a determination by the Office of Employment Security denying him unemployment compensation benefits. The referee and the Board concluded that the claimant voluntarily terminated his employment and that he failed to show cause of a necessitous and compelling nature for so doing, in accordance with the requirements set forth in Section 402(b) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law), Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L.…