Weissman v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Palladino,

This is an appeal by Jerry Weissman (Employer) from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board), which reversed a referee’s decision and awarded benefits to Margaret L. Monteleone (Claimant). The Board concluded that Claimant voluntarily terminated her employment for a cause of a necessitous and compelling nature pursuant to Section 402(b) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law).1 We affirm.

The facts, as found by the Board,2 are as follows: Claimant was last employed as an optician by Employer on April 19, 1983, on which date she voluntarily…