Moore v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

OPINION

BARRY, Senior Judge:

William Moore, the petitioner, appeals an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which affirmed a decision of the referee denying petitioner benefits on the basis of Section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law, Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. § 802(e) (willful misconduct).

Petitioner was employed by ASTA Engineering Co., Inc. (the employer) doing design work. The employer was doing work for Philadelphia Electric Company (PECO) on PECO’s nuclear power plants. The employer, at the request…