Rich v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Palladino,

This is an appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review which sustained a referee’s decision denying benefits to the claimant on the grounds that he was not able and available for work within the meaning of Section 401 (d) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law), Act of December 5,1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. 801(d). We affirm.

The claimant in this case is 39 years old, is single, has no dependents, and is a full-time college student residing in Claredon, Pennsylvania. In August of 1979 claimant left his…