Bortz v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

Rick D. Bortz, a powder processor for a plastics corporation, who three times refused to use his air-filtering racquel helmet as required, appeals from an order by the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, which affirmed a referee’s decision denying the claimant benefits under section 402(e), 43 P.S. §802(e), the willful misconduct provision of Pennsylvania’s Unemployment Compensation Law.1 We affirm.

The question is whether an employee, in order to establish good cause for a rule violation, must timely notify the employer concerning the nature of the cause.

Mr. Bortz…