Petrill v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

OPINION BY

Judge LEADBETTER.

Samuel Petrill, proceeding pro se, petitions this court for review of an Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) order that determined him ineligible for benefits under Section 402(b) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law), 43 P.S. § 802(b), due to his decision to retire rather than risk losing health benefits he had under the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) operative between his union and Elliott Turbo Machinery, his employer.1

The Board adopted the following factual findings of the referee, which Petrill has not specifically challenged. Petrill…