Commonwealth, Department of Transportation v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Doyle,

Before this Court is an appeal by the Department of Transportation (DOT) from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) affirming a referee’s decision to award benefits to Duane Nolan (Claimant). We reverse.

The essential facts of this matter are not in dispute. Claimant was employed by DOT for thirteen months as a highway maintenance worker. During that period he compiled a work record fraught with violations of DOT’S attendance rules for which he received written warnings and/or reprimands. On four separate occasions single day suspensions were *366is…