PAUL DANNY LYTLE v. COMMONWEALTH PENNSYLVANIA (06/13/78)

Appeal from the Order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review in case of In Re: Claim of Paul Danny Lytle, No. B-139299.

COUNSEL

Karen L. Kruskal, with her Warren R. Baldys, for appellant.

William J. Kennedy, Assistant Attorney General, with him Robert P. Kane, Attorney General, for appellee.

President Judge Bowman and Judges Rogers and DiSalle, sitting as a panel of three. Opinion by President Judge Bowman.

Author: Bowman

[ 36 Pa. Commw. Page 78]

Paul D. Lytle (Claimant) appeals a determination of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which affirmed a referee's denial of benefits.

[ 36 Pa. Commw. Page 79]

The findings of fact leading to the Board's disqualification of Claimant's application for unemployment compensation benefits are as follows:

1. The claimant was last employed by Williamsport Steel Rule Die Service for eight and one-half months as a laborer at $3.15 per hour. The claimant's last day of work was October 1, 1976.

2. On October 1, 1976 the claimant was suspended indefinitely until he secured a Pennsylvania driver's license.

3. The claimant had previously agreed to obtain a valid driver's license but changed his mind for personal reasons.

The foregoing Findings of Fact made by the Referee are supported by the evidence and are adopted by the Board of Review. In addition, the Board finds as follows:

4. The claimant was warned one week prior to his last day of work that unless he secured a Pennsylvania driver's license within a week, he would be ...