Hanover Industrial Machine Co. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Barry,

This is an appeal by Hanover Industrial Machine Company (Hanover) from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which reversed a referee’s decision denying benefits to Ronald E. Drobek (Claimant) on the basis of willful mis*541conduct pursuant to Section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law), Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §802(e).

Claimant began working for Hanover on October 27, 1980, as a maintenance man responsible for the repair and maintenance of machinery. On August 31, 1981, Hanover…