Williams v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Barbieri,

The claimant, Robert Williams, appeals here from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board), dismissing his appeal to that Board, and from a referee’s decision denying him unemployment benefits, as being untimely filed under Section 502 of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law), Act of December 5, 1936, P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §822.

On October 22, 1980, an unemployment referee issued a decision denying the claimant unemployment benefits under Sections 401(d)(1) and 402(a) of the Law, 43 P.S. §§801(d) (1) and 802(a). A copy of this…