46 Pa. Commw. 486 | Pa. Commw. Ct. | 1979
Opinion by
George Leshock has appealed a decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review holding him ineligible for benefits under Section 402(b) (1) of the Unemployment Compensation Law, Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §802(b)(l), for leaving his employment without cause of a compelling and necessitous nature.
He contends that he quit because of what he calls hazardous conditions on the job and because his compensation was, in his belief, inadequate.
Leshock especially presses the asserted hazardous conditions at Hempt Brothers highway construction site. His testimony in this regard was not to the point that he was in personal danger but that he risked striking other workmen with his truck and that his truck was in hazard of being damaged during the work. Essentially the complaint is one of dissatisfaction ivith working conditions. In order to prevail Le-shock would have to show either that the conditions changed after he took the job or that he was deceived when he was hired. Jones v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 35 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 293, 385 A.2d 639 (1978). The record shows that Le-shock knew what the conditions at the work site in general would be before he took the job. Furthermore, most of his complaints on this score are belied by the fact that he testified that when he became dissatisfied with the arrangement which included the use of his truck, he asked Hempt Brothers for employment at the same work but using their equipment.
With respect to pay, Leshock went to Avork for Hempt Brothers at an agreed upon hourly rate of
Leshock’s astute counsel’s argument based on Section 4(c) of The Minimum Wage Act of 1968, Act of January 17, 1968, P.L. 11, as amended, 43 P.S. §333-.104(c), requiring overtime pay at one and one-half times regular rate, is ineffective. There is no evidence in the record that Leshock was ever paid less for his services than The Minimum Wage Act of 1968 required. It is clear that he understood that his total compensation for services and truck rental would be $17 per hour; and he makes no complaint that he was ever paid less than he expected or bargained for when he took the job.
Order affirmed.
Order
And Now, this 16th day of October, 1979, the order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, entered June 30,1978, is hereby affirmed.
The claimant was subsequently employed by another company and discharged for qualifying reasons. During this employment however he earned less than six times his weekly benefit rate. Section 401(f) of the Law, 43 P.S. §801 (f). Therefore, his separation from the employment with Hempt Brothers becomes controlling for eligibility purposes.