Penkola v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Paul W. Penkola (claimant) brings this appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which affirmed a referee’s denial of unemployment compensation. Both the referee and the Board concluded that Section 402(b)(1) of the Unemployment Compensation Law1 (Law) made the claimant ineligible to receive compensation because he had voluntarily left work without cause of a necessitous and compelling nature.

The claimant had been employed by United Parcel Service for approximately thirty-nine months, and had held a supervisory position during the…