World's Finest Chocolate, Inc. v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

PELLEGRINI, Judge.

World’s Finest Chocolate, Inc. (Employer/WFC) appeals from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which reversed the Referee’s decision and granted William Witkowski (Claimant) unemployment compensation benefits. The Board reversed on the basis that Claimant was an employee of WFC during the time he worked there and not an independent contractor, and he had voluntarily terminated his employment from WFC for a necessitous and compelling reason.

Claimant was hired by WFC in early October of 1991 as a sales representative to sell its chocolate for fund…