Howells v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

The question here is whether the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review properly refused benefits on the ground of a voluntary quit without compelling cause, pursuant to board findings that the claimant, with a record of “many unreported absences ’ ’ and “numerous occasions” of being “late for work” in the past, was warned that “he would be discharged” if such actions continued, and one week thereafter “decided not to report” for work because he knew he would be late.

The board’s findings, quoted in their key portions above, are fully supported by the claimant’s…