Hubbard v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

Kathy Hubbard (Claimant) appeals here from a decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) denying her benefits on the basis of willful misconduct.

The Office of Employment Security (Office) in its Notice of Determination denied benefits to the Claimant on the basis that ishe voluntarily terminated her employment without cause of necessitous and compelling nature.1 Claimant appealed the Office’s determination and the referee scheduled a hearing on Claimant’s Petition for Appeal. Neither of the parties were present at the hearing; however, based…