Oberholtzer v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Williams, Jr.,

This case comes before the Court on an appeal of a decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board), which affirmed a referee's determination that claimant was ineligible for benefits under Section 402(b)(1) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Act).1

*57Claimant testified that she had been employed as a machine press operator for approximately six months when she requested a leave of absence because of problems at home. When the situation failed to resolve itself, she left the market area, and moved to a bungalow which she owned, ostensibly for a…