Becote v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Lucille Becote, the claimant, was denied benefits under the Unemployment Compensation Law1 for having voluntarily left her employment without cause of a compelling and necessitous nature. Section 402(b) (1) of the Unemployment Compensation Law, 43 P.S. §802 (b) (1).

The referee assigned to hear evidence on the claimant’s application for benefits found as follows:

“1. Claimant was last employed by P. H. Berman & Son, Inc., Howard & Palmer Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 19122 for 28 years as a rag cutter at $2.00 an hour, and her last day of work was May 24, 1972.

“2. In 1970 A & B…