STEINBERG VISION ASSOCIATES v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

PELLEGRINI, Judge.

Steinberg Vision Associates (Employer) appeals an Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) order upholding a referee’s decision granting benefits to the claimant, Betty Saska (Claimant), finding that she voluntarily quit work for necessitous and compelling reasons as required by Section 402(b) of the Unemployment Compensation Law.1

Claimant was hired by Steinberg Vision Associates on January 24, 1985 as a vision therapist. At the time of hire, Claimant, a diabetic, negotiated a full employer reimbursement for a Blue Cross/Blue Shield health insurance plan as a fringe…