Askew v. Commonwealth

OPINION by

Judge Craig,

In this unemployment compensation appeal, the claimant1 questions the hoard’s2 affirmance of a referee’s decision which denied compensation on the basis of the willful misconduct provision of the Unemployment Compensation Law.3

The employer discharged claimant January 12, 1979 for being absent from work on January 9, 1980, without reporting off.

Claimant contends that his failure to report off on January 9, 1979 did not constitute an act of willful misconduct because he was visiting his parole officer, as his employer knew he was required to do on the second Tuesday of…