Bryan v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

The question raised in this unemployment compensation case is that of whether the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review erred in upholding a referee ’s decision that the sum of $1042 paid to the peti*265tioner as compensation was received “by reason of his fault, ’ ’ rendering him liable to repay ¡the same pursuant to Section 804(a) of the Unemployment Compensation Law, 43 P.S. §874(a).

The petitioner was laid off from his regular full time work and applied for unemployment compensation. While receiving compensation, he worked part-time for Ms former employer and also he…