Yoder Bros. v. Commonwealth

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Judge Rogers,

Yoder Brothers, Inc., has appealed from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review affirming the decision of a referee that Eddis Yeast is eligible for unemployment compensation benefits. We affirm.

Yoder Brothers hired Ms. Yeast in January 1979 to plant cuttings in a rooting medium. Yoder Brothers required its employees to plant an average of 1600 plants an hour. The company gave its new employees a sixty (60) day probationary period to achieve this standard. After two warnings that her average was deficient, Yoder Brothers discharged Ms. Yeast after…