Tapia v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Williams, Jr.,

Oarmelo Tapia has appealed from a decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, which determined him ineligible for benefits pursuant to Section 402(b)(1) of the Unemployment Compensation Law.1 The Board found that the claimant, a bakery worker, abandoned his employment without necessitous and compelling reason when he failed to report to work as scheduled after a six-month period of work-related disability.

The employer’s testimony reflects the following version of the events. When the claimant, in late March of 1980, reported that he was able to…