Blakely v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Rebecca Blakely filed a petition for review of the actions of the unemployment compensation authorities refusing her benefits on the ground that she voluntarily left her work for Fleer Gum Company without cause of a necessitous and compelling nature. Section 402(b)(1) of the Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Law, Act of December 5, 1936, P.L. 2987, as amended, 43 P.S. §802(b)(l).

The facts are that the claimant was last employed by Fleer Gum as a machine packer. The claimant’s last day of work was Friday, January 29, 1982. On Wednesday, January 27, 1982, the…