Wise v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

In the instant case, the Claimant,1 seeks a remand because the referee failed to comply with Part VI of 34 Pa. Code §101.21(a) which requires the referee to give an unrepresented claimant certain instructions regarding his rights. In Katz v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 59 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 427, 430 A.2d 354 (1981), we held that such an omission on the referee’s part required a remand. Our review of the record indicates that the referee did not give the Claimant the required instructions in this case.

The Commonwealth, however, argues that the…