Berry v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Mencee,

Clark Berry, Jr. (claimant) left his job to accompany his wife to a new locality. The Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) ruled that he was ineligible for unemployment benefits by virtue of Section 402(b)(2) of the Unemployment Compensation Law, Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §802(b)(2). That section provides as follows:

An employe shall be ineligible for compensation for any week- — ■(b)(1) ----(2) In which his or her unemployment is due to leaving work (I) to accompany or to join his or her spouse in a new…