General Electric Co. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

Employer General Electric Company appeals from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (board) which reversed a referee’s decision. The board held that claimant Samuel Servidio should not be denied benefits by reason of “willful misconduct” under Section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law, Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §802(e), and awarded benefits.

Employer’s discharge of claimant, on November 25, 1977, was for deliberately violating a work rule prohibiting employees from claiming payment for…