Hammond v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

Claimant, Howard Hammond, appeals here from a decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which adopted and affirmed a referee’s decision holding Claimant ineligible for benefits on the basis of willful misconduct under Section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law), Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §802(e). The *72Board reasoned that Claimant violated Employer rule 9-D of the Labor Management Agreement prohibiting company employees found on company property from being “under the influence…