23 Pa. Commw. 201 | Pa. Commw. Ct. | 1976
Opinion by
This is an appeal from a decision and order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which denied Ralph Tune (Claimant) compensation benefits pursuant to Section 402(b) (1) of the Unemployment Compensation Law.
Claimant was last employed by Central Medical Pavillion as an Assistant Director of Security. During the workday on November 19, 1974, Claimant and a fellow employee engaged in an altercation stemming from a gambling debt. As a result, both employees were suspended and demoted.
After serving the suspension, Claimant was told to return to work as a Security Supervisor. Feeling that both the suspension and demotion were unfair, Claimant asked his employment be terminated.
To be eligible for unemployment compensation benefits, an employee voluntarily terminating his employment must prove that termination was with cause of a neees
Therefore, we
Order
And Now, this 4th day of February, 1976, the decision and order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review is affirmed.
. Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P. L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P. S. §802 (b) (1).
. Claimant and the Housekeeping Supervisor were both suspended for five days. The former was demoted to Security Supervisor, the latter to Team Leader.