Alderman v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Palladino,

William Alderman, Jr. (Claimant) appeals here from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) denying him benefits pursuant to Section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law,1 the wilful misconduct provision. We affirm.

Claimant was last employed as a punch press operator for Penco Products, Inc. (Penco). On January 28, 1980, Claimant’s last day of work, two of Claimant’s supervisors, Mr. Pitt and Mr. Lind, assigned Claimant to work on punch press No. 1202. Before Claimant could begin working on this machine, however, Mr. Pitt and Mr. Lind…