Jones v. UNEMPLOYMENT COMP. BD., ETC.

As the majority observes, the appellate courts of this Commonwealth have frequently interpreted section 3 of the Unemployment Compensation Law (the “Act”), 43 Pa.Stat. Ann. § 752, as providing an independent basis for denying unemployment compensation benefits to claimants who are discharged because of some off-job conduct not directly connected with their work that impaired their ability to perform their duties at work or that reflected upon their fitness for employment. As this Court stated in Barclay White Co. v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Re*54view (UCBR), 356 Pa. 43, 50 A.2d 336,…