Hegley Unemployment Compensation Case

Opinion by

Flood, J.,

Tbe claimant quit her job on May 30, 1959, because sbe was six and one half-months pregnant. She did not ask for leave of absence or inform her employer, at the time of leaving, of her intention to return to work after the birth of her child. Her child was born on August 24th and on October 9th, she reported to the Bureau of Employment Security and asked for unemployment benefits. She was there notified that she must ask her employer for reinstatement in her former job. She promptly did so, but no work was available for her.

On this state of the record, the board reversed…