Wheelock Hatchery, Inc. v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

FRIEDMAN, Judge.

Wheelock Hatchery, Inc. (Employer) appeals from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which affirmed a referee’s decision awarding benefits to James C. Sword, Jr. (Claimant) on the basis that he quit his job for cause of a necessitous and compelling nature. 1 We affirm.

The facts, as found by the Board, are as follows:

1. The claimant was last employed as a hatchery worker by Wheelock Hatchery, Inc., at a final hourly rate of $7.25 and his last day of work was June 28, 1993.

2. The claimant was absent from work with the employer’s permission through…