Defeo v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Linda K. Defeo has appealed from a decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review that she was ineligible for unemployment compensation benefits because she was not available for suitable work. Section 401(d) of the Unemployment Compensation Law, Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §801 (d) provides that compensation is payable to an unemployed employee who “[i]s able to work and available for suitable work. ’ ’

Mrs. Defeo was employed for about six years as a picker by the Butler County Mushroom Farm. She be*163came…