Legal Opinion
Quinn, Gent, Buseck & Leemhuis, Inc. v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 8, 1992No. 431 C.D. 1990PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Judge.
The question presented in this case is whether an employer’s total ban on smoking within the workplace constitutes cause of a necessitous and compelling nature to voluntarily terminate employment, thereby qualifying an employee for unemployment compensation benefits under Section 402(b) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law), Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex.Sess., P.L. (1937), 2897, as *144amended, 43 P.S. § 802(b).1 The Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) entered its decision on January 24, 1990 affirming the referee’s decision to grant benefits to Margaret L.…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Taylor v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Estate of McGovern v. Commonwealth, State Employees' Retirement BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- Monaco v. UNEMP. COMP. BD. OF REVIEWSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
- Chamoun v. UN. COMP. BD. OF REV.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
- Shimp v. New Jersey Bell Telephone Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1976
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Lee Hospital v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- Nolan v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
- Warwick v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
- Accu-Weather, Inc. v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
- Speck v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
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