Caterina v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

Joseph R. Caterina here appeals a determination by the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (UCBR) which denied him benefits under Section 402 (b) (1) of the Act.1

At issue is whether his reason for refusing an offer of continuing employment rises to the level of a cause of a compelling and necessitous nature which in our law would render him eligible for compensation.

*21We affirm UCBR.

Caterina had been employed approximately two and one-half years by the United States Army Corps of Engineers when he received notification that, due to a substantial decrease in…