Legal Opinion

Western Electric Co. v. Commonwealth

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 9, 1982No. Appeal, No. 1063 C.D. 1981PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

President Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

The Unemployment Compensation Board of Review granted benefits to Maria Santiago. Western Electric Company appeals. We affirm.

Santiago was discharged for ignoring warnings to refrain from contacting her former supervisor about personal matters during working hours.

*336The Office of Employment Security denied benefits, concluding that Santiago ’is behavior amounted to •willful misconduct under Section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law,1 and the referee affirmed. The Board, however, reversed and found that Santiago’s violation of her employer’s…

2Cases cited9 opinions

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3Cited by2 opinions

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