El v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

The claimant1 appeals here from an order of the Board2 which affirmed a referee’s denial of benefits under Section 402(e) of the Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Law (Act)3 because of willful misconduct.4

During his nearly six years of employment as a bus driver for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, the claimant had received several warnings and two suspensions for violating the employer’s rules, and, following supervisors’ reports of three separate infractions during his last full week of work,5 he was suspended pending discharge. The…