Gonzalez v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

Jose Gonzalez (Claimant) appeals a decision of tbe Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) affirming a referee’s determination of ineligibility under Section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law.1

We affirm.

Claimant, who speaks only Spanish, was hired under the CETA2 program by the City of Lancaster in April, 1975, and worked for 11 months as a laborer in the city garage. The Board found that he was first warned about absenteeism after he missed 135 hours of work within a three-month period; that further absenteeism prompted a second written…