Downes v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Pauline B. Downes (claimant) appeals here an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Beview (Board) which denied her benefits under Section 402(a) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law), Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §802(a) (failure to apply for suitable work).

The Board’s findings are not disputed. The claimant was last employed as a clerk with the Phillipsburg State General Hospital at the rate of $3.68 per hour. Her separation from this job on June 5, 1981, is not at issue. What is at issue are the events…