Scott v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

James F. Scott terminated his employment with the Delaware County Department of Public Works (Employer) on January 30, 1978. When he applied for unemployment compensation benefits under Special Unemployment Assistance Legislation, it was denied by the Bureau of Employment Security, now the Office of Employment Security, the referee and the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) on the basis that he voluntarily terminated his employment without cause of a necessitous and compelling nature.1

The sole issue Scott has raised with us in this appeal is whether he…