Burchell v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

OPINION BY

Judge LEADBETTER.1

Edward Burchell, Jr., petitions for review of the September 8,2003, order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board), which affirmed the decision of a referee to deny Burchell benefits pursuant to Section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law).2 We affirm.

The Board adopted the findings and conclusions of the referee, who found as follows. Burchell was employed by the University of Pittsburgh (employer) as a Systems Programmer II. Employer has a policy which prohibits employees from using employer’s computers “for the creation, design,…