Hoffman v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

Carol M. Hoffman has appealed from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board), which affirmed the referee’s denial of benefits to Claimant because she quit her employment without cause of a necessitous and compelling nature. Section 402(b)(1) of the Unemployment Compensation Law, Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §802(b)(1).

Claimant argues here that she terminated her employment for the necessitous and compelling reason of health problems, which were caused by her cold, damp work environment.…