Johnson v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

The appellant, Sheridan Johnson, having been discharged from his employment as a bus driver by Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) sought unemployment compensation. The Bureau of Employment Security declared him ineligible because the separation from his employment was, in its view, for his willful misconduct. Johnson appealed and a referee conducted a first hearing on January 22, 1975, at which neither Johnson nor SEPTA was represented by counsel. SEPTA’s representatives present testified from hearsay that John*16son was late for work on January 21,…