Palmitessa Unemployment Compensation Case

Opinion by

Flood, J.,

Claimant appeals from a decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review denying compensation under §402(b) (1) of the Unemployment Compensation Law, 43 PS §892, on the ground that she voluntarily left work without cause of a necessitous and compelling nature.

Although the claimant had a valid separation from her last employment, she did not earn eight times her weekly benefit rate in that employment. Consequently, her eligibility must be determined on the basis of her previous employment with Ann Lee Frocks of Pittston, Pennsylvania. With respect to that…