Trout v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

B. Jay Trout (claimant) appeals from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which denied him benefits after determining that he was not available for suitable work as required by Section 401(d) of the Unemployment Compensation Law1 (Law), 43 P.S. §801(d).

The claimant accepted a janitorial job with Total Maintenance Service, Inc. (employer) with the understanding that he would move from his residence in Columbia, Pennsylvania to York County because the job required that he be “on-call” to report to various York County job sites. He did not,…