Ernst v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Robert Ernst appeals here from an order of the Department of Public Welfare (DPW) which affirmed *645the decision of the Columbia County Board of Assistance (Board) denying him welfare benefits and determining that he would remain ineligible for a period of thirty days after the date of his application.

On January 6, 1977 the appellant telephoned his supervisor at the Linette Candy Company (Linette), where he had worked for approximately three weeks, to inform him that he would be late for work that day. The employer then told him not to bother to come in because he was…