Lee v. Unempl. Comp. Bd. of Review

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

The appellant, Esther Lee, was denied unemployment compensation benefits by the Bureau of Employment Security, the referee and, on appeal, by the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) on the basis that she had voluntarily terminated her employment without cause of a necessitous and compelling nature as prohibited by Section 402(b)(1) of the Unemployment Compensation Law. This appeal followed.

The findings of fact which are supported by substantial evidence indicate that the appellant voluntarily terminated her employment because her employer ’s plant was moved…