Tag: #Unemployment

Kaba v. Berrier

The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court overruled preliminary objections while acting in its original jurisdiction in a matter involving the petitioner’s application for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and/or to adjudicate the petitioner’s eligibility

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Sullivan* v. Bd of Rev.

The New Jersey Appellate Division ruled that the petitioner must return more than $5,000 because he was not eligible for the New Jersey unemployment benefits he received through the CARES

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Hauck v. Unemployment Comp. Bd. of Rev.

The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court affirmed the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review’s order affirming a Referee’s decision that denied unemployment compensation benefits after the claimant was fired for failing a drug

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Kolenich v. Unemployment Comp. Bd. of Rev.

The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court reversed an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review that denied the claimant’s request for unemployment compensation. After two of his three part-time university employers

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Quigley v. Unemployment Comp. Bd. of Rev.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review erred when it concluded sua sponte that the claimant was ineligible for unemployment benefits. Before the referee, the issue

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Hohl v. Unemployment Comp. Rev. Bd.

The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court reviewed a denial of unemployment benefits. Claimant applied for benefits, stating that he quit his job because a coworker verbally threatened him, and Employer did not

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Smith v. Unemployment Comp. Bd. of Rev.

The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court reviewed an Unemployment Compensation Board of Review order that denied the claimant unemployment compensation under Section 402(b) of the Unemployment Compensation Law. That provision generally prohibits

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Barsky v. Unemployment Comp. Bd. of Rev

Barsky sells diamonds on Jeweler’s Row in Philadelphia and won an appeal in the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, too. Barsky Diamonds (“Employer”) employed Barsky (“Claimant”) until March 2020, when Governor Wolf

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