Legal Opinion

Shaw v. Commonwealth

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 12, 1979No. Appeal, No. 1911 C.D. 1977PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

Joseph E. Shaw has appealed from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review which reversed a referee’s award of benefits because the Board concluded that Shaw had left his employment without cause of a necessitous and compelling nature. Section 402(b)(1) of the Unemployment Compensation Law, Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §802(b) (1).

Shaw was employed for three months as an electrician at Shippingport, Pennsylvania, with a final rate of pay of $11.10 per hour. Shaw voluntarily quit his job on January 3,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Mosley v. Unempl. Comp. Bd. of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  2. Boob v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  3. Remington v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1978

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Treon v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  2. Snow v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  3. Womeldorf, Inc. v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  4. Musguire v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  5. Daley v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1981

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