Clowney v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

The petitioner, Maggie Clowney, appeals a decision by the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which reversed the decision of a referee and denied her unemployment compensation benefits pursuant to Section 402(b)(1) of the Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Law (Law), Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §802(b)(l) on the grounds that she voluntarily terminated her employment without a necessitous and compelling cause.

The petitioner, employed as a nurse’s aide by Community General Osteopathic Hospital…