Axelrod v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

In this appeal by claimant Daniel Axelrod from a denial of unemployment compensation benefits by the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, the only question is whether the employer actually discharged the claimant, or the claimant instead resigned from his position as a consulting engineer with the employer, United Engineers.

From the record of the hearing, at which no witness appeared on behalf of the employer, we first note the claimant’s testimony that, on two occasions, June 16 and August 1, 1980, a supervisor told him that he “should” get a job, or another job;…