Department of Labor & Industry v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

OPINION BY

Senior Judge FLAHERTY.

The Department of Labor and Industry, Office of Unemployment Compensation Benefits (Department) appeals from a decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board). The Board’s decision affirmed a referee’s determination that Joseph V. Creighton (Claimant) was entitled to Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) benefits. In order to have qualified for EUC benefits in Pennsylvania, the claimant must have had base year wages at least equal to one and one-half times his highest quarterly wage. McKenna v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review,…