Lipovsky v. Commonwealth

Opinion bt

Judgp Blatt,

Joseph Lipovsky, Jr., (claimant) appeals from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which found him to be ineligible for unemployment benefits because his termination from employment was due to willful misconduct.1

The claimant was employed by the Bloomsburg Insulation Company (employer) as a crew leader. He notified his employer approximately two weeks in advance that he intended to take five days of vacation beginning on November 5, 1979. A few days before this date, however, his employer requested that he postpone the vacation because the…