Opinion
June 12, 1962.
September 13, 1962.
Unemployment Compensation — Willful misconduct — Excessive tardiness — Warning — Unemployment Compensation Law.
Excessive tardiness, especially after warning, constitutes willful misconduct within the meaning of § 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law.
Before RHODES, P.J., ERVIN, WRIGHT, WOODSIDE, MONTGOMERY, and FLOOD, JJ. (WATKINS, J., absent).
Appeal, No. 179, Oct. T., 1962, by claimant, from decision of Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, No. B-69546, in re claim of Genevieve Thompson. Decision affirmed.
Robert S. Robbins, for appellant.
Sydney Reuben, Assistant Attorney General, with him David Stahl, Attorney General, for Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, appellee.
Argued June 12, 1962.
The record adequately supports the findings of the board that claimant habitually reported late for work; and after being warned by her employer, persisted in her tardiness and was discharged for this reason. This constituted willful misconduct justifying a denial of benefits under section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law. Backer Unemployment Compensation Case, 198 Pa. Super. 184, 181 A.2d 869 (1962).
Decision affirmed.