Bullock v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

This appeal, from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review holding petitioner-claimant ineligible for unemployment compensation benefits due to a discharge for willful misconduct,1 raises the recurring issue of whether the intentional violation of an employer’s direct order or policy is willful misconduct under Frumento v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 466 Pa. 81, 351 A.2d 631 (1976) and its progeny.

Frumento held that the employee’s reason for noncompliance with an employer’s rule must be balanced against the reasonableness of the rule;…