Conibear v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

Claimant Janet Conibear appeals from an order of the Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, which affirmed the referee’s denial of unemployment benefits on the ground that the claimant’s employer, the Reading Hospital and Medical Center, had discharged her for willful misconduct —absenteeism and excessive tardiness.

Until her discharge on October 19, 1979, the claimant had been the chief nuclear medical technician, a position which included the supervision of a staff of medical technicians.

The board found that the claimant had a history of tardiness on 66…