Strawley v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

In this unemployment compensation case, the question is whether Gary Strawley (claimant) filed a timely appeal from the decision of a referee refusing benefits to him. The Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board), without passing on the merits of the claim, dismissed the appeal as having been instituted beyond the allowable time period for instituting such appeals.

The record reveals that claimant was last employed as a braider helper by Bentley-Harris Manufacturing Company of Lionville, Pennsylvania. His last day of work was February 4, 1975. The procedural…