Altemose v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

OuiNioN by

Judge Blatt,

Clyde Alternóse, Jr. (claimant) appeals a decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which denied him benefits on the basis that he voluntarily terminated his employment without cause of a necessitous and compelling nature.1

*647The claimant was employed by the Effort Foundry, Inc. (employer) as a grinder. He testified that, upon the advice of his physician, he informed his employer that an ailment involving particles in his left eye made him unable to perform his duties. His employer then offered him a position on the second shift (3:30 p.m. to 12:00…