Goodwin v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson, Jr.,

This is an appeal from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) affirming a decision of the referee denying benefits to the claimant on the ground that he was not 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).

The claimant, a laborer, applied for and was granted unemployment benefits on October 7, 1973. On April 3, 1974, he was referred by the Bureau of Employment Security to Thorndale Land…