Kogel v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Mary Kogel Simons1 has appealed from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) affirming the decision of a referee to deny Ms. Simons unemployment compensation benefits because she voluntarily left work without cause of a necessitous and compelling nature. See Section 402(b) (1) of the Unemployment Compensation Law, Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §802(b)(l). The Office of Em*611ployment Security and a referee, after hearing, also concluded that Ms. Simons voluntarily quit her job.

Ms. Simons contends…