Stang v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

William Stang (claimant) appeals here from an order of tbe Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) denying him compensation under Section 402(b)(1) of tbe Unemployment Compensation Law, Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §802(b)(l), which denies benefits to those who voluntarily leave work without cause of a necessitous and compelling nature.

*557The claimant was employed by the United States Postal Service (employer) as a clerk and he retired in January of 1979. He subsequently applied for unemployment compensation, and…