Womeldorf v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Williams, Jk.,

Claimant had worked as a “flexible clerk” for the United States Postal Service (employer) for slightly over twelve years when she filed a claim for partial unemployment benefits under Section 4(u) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Act).1 As a flexible clerk, working during the absence of regular employees, she was guaranteed only four hours of work during each two-week pay period, but was required to be available for as many hours as the employer needed her services.

The claimant testified that she frequently worked as many as twenty-two hours a week during…