Wissman v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

The seven appellants in these unemployment compensation cases which we have consolidated were discharged from their employment with the Bensalem Township Public Works Department for the use of narcotics and dangerous drugs during working hours.

The appellants were declared eligible for unemployment compensation benefits by the Office of Employment Security. The employer appealed these decisions, and separate hearings were held by a referee. At each of these hearings, the employer’s principal witness was an undercover agent who, for approximately three months, posed as a…