DocketNumber: Appeal, No. 101 C.D. 1977
Citation Numbers: 36 Pa. Commw. 102
Judges: Blatt, Disalle, Rogers
Filed Date: 6/16/1978
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 6/24/2022
Opinion by
Marlene S. Snyder has appealed from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review dated December 27, 1976 which affirmed a Referee’s decision denying benefits.
Ms. Snyder was employed as a bench hand by the Western Electric Company. On March 12, 1976 Ms. Snyder was informed that she would be bumped from her day shift position because she was one of two persons with the least seniority in her job classification. She was, however, offered work similar to that which she had performed on the second or third shift with the same rate of pay plus a ten percent (10%) night differential. Ms. Snyder rejected the offer of work on the second and third shifts because she was unable to make arrangements for the care of her fourteen year old daughter. She did not work after April 2, 1976, when her position on the day shift was terminated.
Ms. Snyder applied for unemployment compensation benefits which the Bureau of Employment Security denied under the provisions of Sections 401(d) and 402(b) (1) of the Unemployment Compensation Law,
Ms. Snyder appealed. After hearing, a referee affirmed the denial of benefits pursuant to Section 401 (d) only, that is, the referee concluded that Ms. Snyder was not available for suitable work. Ms. Snyder appealed this decision to the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review. After a remand and a further hearing, the Board decided that Ms. Snyder was ineligible for benefits under Section 402(b)(2), which provides that one who leaves work because of marital, filial or other domestic obligations is ineligible. The Board held that there was no competent evidence in the record upon which to make a determination of Ms. Snyder’s general availability under Section 401 (d). Ms. Snyder has appealed the Board’s decision to this Court. We affirm.
Section 402(b)(2) has consistently been held to negate the use of marital, filial or other domestic obligations as causes of necessitous and compelling nature justifying a voluntary quit under Section 402(b) (1), 43 P.S. §802 (b)(1). Unemployment Compensation Board of Review v. Brown, 25 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 237, 360 A.2d 813 (1976); Crumbling v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 14 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 546, 322 A.2d 746 (1974).
The facts of this ease are strikingly similar to those which existed in our recent decision of Dinges v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 28 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 306, 369 A.2d 898 (1977). There, the claimant was informed that her shift, the third, was to be eliminated but she was simultaneously
We therefore affirm the Board’s order denying benefits.
Order
And Now, this 16th day of June, 1978, the order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review in the above-captioned matter, dated December 27, 1976, is affirmed.