Allegheny Valley School v. Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

OPINION OF THE COURT

CASTILLE, Justice.

The issue on appeal in this matter is what factor or factors must be considered when determining whether an unemployment compensation claimant had necessitous and compelling reasons to voluntarily terminate his employment after being demoted, thereby making a claimant eligible for benefits under Section 402(b) of the Unemployment Compensation Law, *35843 P.S. § 802(b).1 Because we hold that the existence of a necessitous and compelling reason in such a case depends solely upon whether the demotion was justified, and since appellant has produced evidence showing…