Solomon v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

Clayton E. Solomon (Employer) has appealed from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which reversed a referee’s decision denying benefits and concluded that Douglas . S. Huyck (Claimant) had demonstrated cause of a necessitous and compelling nature for voluntarily terminating his employment.1 We affirm.

The Board’s findings reflect that Claimant was last employed as an automobile body mechanic with Employer at an hourly rate of $5.25. Claimant had been employed for approximately one and one-half years when he voluntarily quit on October 11,…