Unemployment Compensation Board of Review v. Jones

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson,

Appellant was employed as a packer on December 11, 1974, when her husband suffered a heart attack. Appellant notified her employer of her husband’s illness and that she would be unable to return to work until her husband had recovered. Once her husband was discharged from the hospital, appellant notified her employer she would still have to care for him until his health improved. On February 18, 1975, when appellant again contacted her employer, she was informed that she had been replaced.

On February 23, 1975, appellant applied for unemployment compensation benefits,…