180 Pa. Super. 534 | Pa. Super. Ct. | 1956
Opinion by
In tMs unemployment compensation case, benefits were denied to tbe claimant-appellant, Louise E. Welker, on tbe ground that she left her employment voluntarily and was therefore barred from benefits under tbe provisions of section 402 (b) of tbe Act, 43 P.S. sec. 802 (b).
Claimant was employed by tbe Pittsburgh Coke and Chemical Company in Pittsburgh as a laboratory technician. Her duties are not clear from tbe record, but they did include, but were not limited to analyzing blood of tbe workers who bandied toxic chemicals as
Since there is no question that she left her employment voluntarily, the only issue is whether she did so with good cause. That burden was upon her. Seroskie v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 169 Pa. Superior Ct. 470, 82 A. 2d 558. The principles
She made no effort to discuss the problem with the officials of the Pittsburgh Coke and Chemical Company before leaving because she thought that they “wouldn’t understand the technicalities involved.” In Albright Unemployment Compensation Case, 176 Pa. Superior Ct. 290, 106 A. 2d 879, the claimant, who was employed as a bookkeeper, left his employment because there was not enough work and because he had been promised certain responsibilities which did not materialize. He admitted that he never protested the lack of work. We held, despite his commendable desire to have sufficient and responsible duties, that the circumstances were not so compelling or necessitous as to amount to good cause for leaving. We indicated that he should first have discussed the matter with his em
Decision affirmed.
If claimant’s contract of employment was breached, sbe should have resorted to legal remedies for breach of contract. Of. Horning Unemployment Compensation Case, 177 Pa. Superior Ct. 618, 620, 112 A. 2d 405.