Legal Opinion

Philadelphia Parent Child Center, Inc. v. Commonwealth

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 26, 1979No. Appeal, No. 2047 C.D. 1978PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

The Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) affirmed a referee’s award of benefits to Renee B. Ricks. Her employer, the Philadelphia *454Parent Child Center, Inc. (PPCC), appealed. We affirm the Board.

The first of two contentions PPCC urges is that Ricks “voluntarily” terminated her employment without a necessitous or compelling reason.1 Whether a person has voluntarily terminated his employment is a question of law. That a worker intends to leave his job does not of its own mean that the leaving was voluntary for the purposes of Section 402(b)(1) of the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Sturdevant Unemployment Compensation CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
  2. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review v. SimoneCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1976

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Monaco v. UNEMP. COMP. BD. OF REVIEWSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  2. Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  3. Pacini v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  4. South Dakota Stockgrowers Ass'n v. HollowaySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1989
  5. Carlson v. Job Service North DakotaNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1986

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