Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

This is an appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) granting Claimant-Employee benefits.

On January 13, 1971, Claimant was released from his job with Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company (Appellant) because he had received his third “pink slip.”1 The reason given Claimant for receiving his third pink slip and therefore his discharge was “loafing” on the job.

Claimant’s application for unemployment compensation benefits was initially denied by the Bureau of Employment Security, a Referee and the Board. However, after Petition by…