Rosenberger v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Margaret Rosenberger (claimant) appeals here from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) affirming a referee’s decision to deny her unemployment compensation. Compensation was denied because the referee found that the claimant had refused a job referral from the Bureau of Employment Security (Bureau) without good cause, grounds for ineligibility under Section 402(a) of the Unemployment Compensation Law1 (Act).

The claimant had worked as a retail clerk for the W. T. Grant Company for a period of eight years, and was laid off due to lack of work…