Masko v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

In this unemployment compensation case, the claimant has appealed from a denial of benefits by the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review on the ground of claimant’s willful misconduct1 for failure to keep his hospital employer informed during an 18-day absence which resulted from his detention in jail on criminal charges.

The criminal charges themselves are irrelevant because the compensation authorities did not base the misconduct conclusion upon any ¡theory of detriment to the employer’s interests resulting from the nature of the crimes charged; hence the cases…