Grace v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

In this unemployment compensation case, the petitioner, W. R. Grace & Co., appeals from a decision by the board which, affirming the referee’s decision below, granted benefits to Peggy R. Gottschall under the voluntary layoff and necessitous and compelling cause provisions of the Unemployment Compensation Act, Section 402(b),1 and which also found her available for suitable work under Section 401(d).2 We affirm.

The facts are not in dispute. The petitioner employed Mrs. Gottschall as a “packer/stacker ’ ’ for approximately three and one-half years. Because sales *88did not…