Delaware County Prison v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

The Delaware County Prison (employer) appeals an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board (Board) which awarded Karen L. Booker (claimant) benefits because she had voluntarily terminated her employment for cause of a necessitous and compelling reason under Section 402(b) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law).1

The facts, as found by the Board, indicate that the claimant was employed as a correctional officer and *42had voluntarily left her employment because of hazardous working conditions caused by the lack of an adequate number of qualified prison personnel.…