Schwarzenbach v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

Appellant, John Schwarzenbaeh, appeals from a decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) denying him unemployment compensation benefits.

Appellant was an Income Maintenance Worker for the Philadelphia County Board of Assistance (Employer). On Friday, April 2, 1976, he requested permission to take leave time stating that he was upset and unable to perform his duties.1 The request was denied ostensibly because Appellant had accrued an insufficient amount of leave time. Appellant pursued his request by proving that he had accumulated…