Johnson v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

OPINION BY

Judge SIMPSON.

These 18 consolidated appeals involve former employees of Verizon (Employer) who accepted some form of a voluntary termination offer and who now assert the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) erred when it determined they were ineligible for benefits under Section 402(b) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law)1 (voluntary leave without cause of a necessitous and compelling nature).

After each claimant accepted a voluntary termination offer, each claimant applied for unemployment compensation benefits. Each claimant here was denied benefits and appealed.…