Zinicola v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

Claimant, in this appeal from a denial of benefits by the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (board), was discharged by his employer, the Small Business Administration of the federal government (SBA), when he failed to report to work on August 15, 1975, his second day of a temporary assignment to a district office of the SBA in Pittsburgh. He had *156previously been assigned to tbe Harrisburg district of the SBA and remained attached to that office.

After attending meetings at an SBA field office in a small town south of Pittsburgh, claimant asked a coworker to tell…