Rodgers v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Doyle,

This is an appeal by Joseph R. Rodgers (Claimant) from a decision and order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which affirmed a referee’s denial of benefits under Section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law, Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §802(e).

Claimant was employed by Hanscom’s Bakery (Employer) and was discharged on December 15, 1981 for leaving work before the scheduled end of his shift and for refusing the Employer’s request to complete a work assignment before his shift ended.…