Stevens v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Williams, Jr.,

Barbara J. Stevens (claimant) appeals an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, which denied her benefits pursuant to Section 402(b) of the Unemployment Compensation Law1 on the basis that she voluntarily left work without cause of necessitous and compelling nature.

The claimant does not challenge the Board’s factual findings, which reflect the following scenario: Until she quit her job on August 24,1979, the claimant was employed for five years as a machine operator, earning approximately $5.00 per hour. She lived in Williamsport with her two…