Baker v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

This is a direct administrative appeal from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) finding Bessie M. Baker (Appellant) unavailable for suitable work, and thus ineligible for unemployment compensation under Section 401(d) of the Unemployment Compensation Law, Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §801(d).

Appellant was last employed for a period of more than five years as a micro-photography machine operator by the Marine Corps Supply Activity at a wage of $4.79 per hour. On October 15, 1973, she…