Gonsalves v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Tana M. Gronsalv.es (.claimant) appeals an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which denied her benefits because of her discharge f,or willful misconduct.1 Specifically, the Board concluded that the claimant had been discharged by her employer for insubordination.2

An employer bears the burden of establishing an employee’s willful misconduct. Zuraw v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 61 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 548, 434 A.2d 1312 (1981). And where, as here, the party with .this burden has prevailed below, our .scope of review is limited to…