Legal Opinion

Still v. Commonwealth

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 12, 1987No. Appeal, No. 2328 C.D. 1985Published

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

Mary Ellen Still (Claimant) appeals an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which affirmed a referees decision denying Claimant benefits based on her willful misconduct. Section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law), Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §802(e). We affirm.

Claimant was employed as a unit secretary by the Lemington Home for the Aged (Employer) from April 2, 1984 until she was discharged on February 27, 1985 for repeatedly refusing a work reassignment. The Board found that…

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