Starkey v. Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board

OPINION

BIFFERATO, Judge.

Appellant, Barnard Starkey, was first employed by the Wilmington Housing Authority in the capacity of a groundskeeper on April 22, 1974. His employment was terminated on May 10, 1974, three weeks later, due to his excessively slow performance.

Appellant sought unemployment compensation. The claims deputy determined that appellant had been, discharged from his work for just cause 1 and, therefore, was disqualified from the receipt of benefits. The Appeals Referee, after a hearing at which only the appellant was in attendance, concluded that appellant’s discharge was due…