Smith v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

The petitioner, Barbara S. Smith, appeals a decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which denied benefits to her on the ground that she voluntarily terminated her employment without cause of a necessitous and compelling nature under Section 402(b) (1) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law), Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S.§802(b)(1).

The petitioner had been employed on the clerical staff of the YWCA for 11 years when she was informed by letter that, due to a reorganization of the staff, her…