Ellis v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Memorandum Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

The claimant1 was denied unemployment compensation benefits because the Board found that her discharge from her employment was due to her willful misconduct.2

The claimant was employed for one year and nine months as a general cafeteria worker. The occasion for her discharge was her refusal to wear a badge which all the cafeteria employees were instructed to wear as a part of their required uniform. The badge portrayed a finger of a hand pointing to the center of a bull’s eye and contained the message “Our aim: Outstanding food and service. ’ ’

After several…