Bowers v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson, Jr.,

Claimant was employed as a laborer and drill press operator. The employer occupies four floors of a building, each floor with approximately 250 square feet and employs 70 employees. Claimant was discharged for spitting on the floor after he had been reprimanded and warned not to do so.

Not surprisingly the Bureau of Employment Security, the referee, and the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, after a remand hearing, all denied benefits. We affirm.

The claimant presents two arguments. First, since the Company had rules for discipline, and not spitting on the…