Stiffler Unemployment Compensation Case

Opinion by

Hoffman, J.,

This is an appeal from a denial of benefits to appellants under the Unemployment Compensation Law, §401, as amended, 43 P.S. §801(f) (2).

The facts in this case as determined by the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review follow. Both appellants took excused absences from their employment due to maternity in 1966. Under company policy, such excused absences could extend up to eighteen months, unless terminated sooner by the employee. After being certified by their physicians as able to work, they reported to the employer in February 1967 (well within eighteen months of…