Ortiz v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Barbieri,

Carol Ortiz, Claimant, appeals here an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review *329(Board) which affirmed a referee’s dismissal for nonappearance the claimant’s appeal from a determination by the Office of Employment Security (OES) denying her benefits for willful misconduct under Section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law.1 She seeks a remand for a referee’s hearing on the merits.

(Claimant timely appealed the referee’s dismissal to the Board requesting remand for a hearing on the merits contending that (1) she had good cause for her and her…