Kandala v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Joseph Gr. Kandala (claimant) appeals here an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which affirmed a referee’s decision holding that he was not “unemployed” as that term is defined in Section 4(u) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law), Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §753(u).

On May 27, 1982, the Hempfield School District (employer) notified the claimant, who worked as a tenured, permanent, full-time teacher, that he was being furloughed for the 1982-1983 school term due to *201declining pnpil…