Lechner v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Because I disagree with the majority’s conclusion that Claimant met her burden of demonstrating that her voluntary termination of employment, in order to rejoin her family in Pennsylvania, was for necessitous and compelling reasons, I respectfully dissent.

Claimant worked for Ben Venue Laboratories (Employer) in Bedford, Ohio. She was employed from June of 1991 until May 1, Í992 at a final rate of $26,000 per year. When Claimant accepted her position with Employer, she and her husband were both unemployed and living in Pennsylvania. Claimant, her husband, and their children moved to Ohio when…