Welsh v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Michael F. Welsh appeals from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review affirming a referee’s determination that claimant was ineligible for benefits for certain claim weeks because his unemployment during that period was due to his having been discharged for wilful misconduct under Section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law, Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §802(e). We affirm.

Mr. Welsh, who worked for United States Steel Corporation, was discharged in November 1976 for excessive absenteeism and…