Volk v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

The Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Board of Beview (Board) denied benefits on tbe basis of a lack of compelling and necessitous reason for voluntary termination1 to James G. Volk (Claimant). We reverse tbe Board.

Claimant was last employed by General Electric Company (G.E.) as a wbeelabrater and grinder earning a wage of $3.67 1/2 per hour for tbe period April 8,1974 up to and including bis last day of employment on March 27, 1975. On tbe final day of bis employment, Claimant’s foreman informed him that be was to receive a rating of “job failure” due to…