Kretsch v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Dissenting Opinion by

Judge Colins:

I must respectfully dissent.

I believe that the majority’s conclusion that the claimant’s duties as a laboratory technician included snow shoveling is unsupported by substantial evidence.

There was nothing in the claimant’s job description requiring him to shovel snow.1 Certainly, it was *175totally unrelated to his primary duties as a lab technician, which also included some computer programming.

Although it is reasonable for a lab technician to be required to keep the laboratory and equipment clean, I do not agree that it is reasonable to require that the claimant…