Holomshek v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson, Jr.,

In the case before us we are confronted again with the issue of whether the deliberate violation of an employer’s rule, which rule is well known to the employee, constitutes willful misconduct. As stated by Justice Nix in Frumento v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 466 Pa. 81, 351 A.2d 631 (1976) this will depend on whether the employer’s rule is reasonable .and, if so, whether the employee’s conduct in violating the rule was motivated by good cause. This Court has recently decided a case clearly raising this issue in Kindrew v. Unemployment…