Fontana v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

John Y. Fontana (claimant) appeals here an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which reversed a referee’s decision and denied benefits on the ground that the claimant had voluntarily quit his job without cause of a necessitous and compelling nature. Section 402(b) 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).

The claimant was employed as a sales director by Holiday Inn (employer), having begun his employment with a week of training in the banquet room of the…