Buchko Unemployment Compensation Case

Opinion by

Watkins, J.,

This is an unemployment compensation case in which the Bureau of Employment Security determined that the claimant had refused an offer of suitable work without good cause and denied benefits under the provisions of §402(a) of the Unemployment Compensation Law, 43 PS §802(a). The referee reversed the decision of the Bureau on the theory that she had good cause for refusing the work. The Bureau appealed to the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review which reversed the referee and sustained the Bureau’s original determination.

The claimant, Stephanie F. Buehko, was last…