Appeal, No. 279 | Pa. Super. Ct. | Dec 12, 1962
Opinion by
Irene Burke was last employed as a sales clerk by Rosen’s Drug Store, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her final day of work was December 30, 1961. Her application for benefits was disallowed by the Referee and the Board of Review on the ground that her unemploy
The Board of Review made, inter alia, the following findings of fact: “2. The claimant did not work on the Christmas holiday and the employer, in order to equalize days off for holidays among all his employes, changed claimant’s work schedule so that she was to work on New Year’s Eve. 3. The claimant refused to accept the change in assignment, advising the employer she would not work as scheduled, whereupon she was dismissed”. The findings of the Board as to the facts, if supported by the evidence, are binding on appeal: Grasavage Unemployment Compensation Case, 199 Pa. Super. 396" court="Pa. Super. Ct." date_filed="1962-11-15" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/grasavage-unemployment-compensation-case-6284051?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="6284051">199 Pa. Superior Ct. 396, 186 A. 2d 46. Our examination of this record discloses that the controlling findings are fully supported by the evidence. Claimant’s refusal to comply with her employer’s reasonable request that she perform a short period of holiday work constitutes wilful misconduct. Cf. Davis Unemployment Compensation Case, 187 Pa. Super. 116" court="Pa. Super. Ct." date_filed="1958-09-11" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/davis-unemployment-compensation-case-2364976?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="2364976">187 Pa. Superior Ct. 116, 144 A. 2d 452; Armstrong Unemployment Compensation Case, 179 Pa. Super. 488" court="Pa. Super. Ct." date_filed="1955-11-16" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/armstrong-unemployment-compensation-case-6282402?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="6282402">179 Pa. Superior Ct. 488, 118 A. 2d 217; Morgan Unemployment Compensation Case, 176 Pa. Superior Ct. 297, 106 A. 2d 618.
Decision affirmed.