Simpson v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

This is an appeal from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review affirming the decision of a referee denying benefits to the petitioner, Sterling Simpson, Jr., pursuant to Section 402(b)(1) of the Unemployment Compensation Law, Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §802(b)(1) which provides:

An employe shall be ineligible for compensation for any week—(b)(1) In which his unemployment is due to voluntarily leaving work without cause of a necessitous and compelling nature____

Mr. Simpson was employed at $10.27 per…