Haines v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

The claimant questions the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review’s affirmance of a referee’s decision which denied compensation on the basis of the willful misconduct provision of the Unemployment Compensation Law.1

The referee found that on March 31, 1980, the employer2 discharged claimant from his security guard position because, on the previous day, he was intoxicated at work. Here the claimant contends that the record is devoid of substantial competent evidence to support the board’s finding.3 We cannot agree.

The testimony of the claimant’s supervisor found…