Wilson v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

Claimant Robert Wilson, last employed as a truck driver by the 8 & S Trucking Company, questions a denial of benefits by the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, affirming a referee’s decision that he was ineligible because he voluntarily terminated his employment without cause of a necessitous and compelling nature.1

Dissatisfied with job duties which required that he unload heavy furniture without assistance, the claimant did not report back to work after returning the truck to his employer’s premises at the end of a nine-day trip.

Although the unloading duties, as…