Hutton v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

• Vicki L. Hutton, discharged from her position as a secretary, appeals an Unemployment Compensation Board of Review order which affirmed a referee’s denial of benefits for willful misconduct,1 holding that she was absent from work without notice and without good cause.

We must decide whether an employee’s absence under circumstances of marital strife, with notice of that absence coming only from a third party, .constituted willful misconduct.

Mrs. Hutton did not testify. The uncontradicted testimony of her supervisor, the sole witness, ¡supplied the facts.

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