Southard v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

Mary V. Southard (Claimant) has appealed from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which determined that she voluntarily terminated her employment without cause of a *180necessitous and compelling nature and was therefore ineligible for benefits under Section 402(b)(1) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law).1

Claimant was employed by Honeywell, Inc. (Employer) as a clerical worker on March 28, 1979, the date of the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island. Upon hearing of the nuclear accident, Claimant obtained permission to leave her work…