Ellis v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

The petitioner1 seeks review of a decision of the Board2 which found him, under Section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law,3 to be ineligible for benefits because he had been discharged for willful misconduct.

The petitioner, a clerk in a state liquor store, was discharged because he had left his employment early on February 9, 1979, claiming then that the store was too cold. It was testified that his supervisor had told him to work in the back of the store, away from the front doors, but he had rejected this suggestion. The Board affirmed the finding of the…