Brennan v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Doyle,

This is an appeal by Alice B. Brennan (Claimant) from an order of the Unemployment 'Compensation Board of Review (Board) which affirmed a referee’s denial of benefits on the basis that Claimant had voluntarily terminated her employment without necessitous and compelling reasons. The referee found that Claimant was last employed as a full time Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) in Bristol, Pennsylvania1 at wages of $8.33 per hour. Claimant along with her husband had purchased a home in western Pennsylvania two years earlier, and in March of 1984 applied for a part-time…