· 10/7/1977
Taylor v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review
Citations
- 378 A.2d 829
- 474 Pa. 351
- 1977 Pa. LEXIS 800
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- holding that employee had necessitous and compelling reason to quit because employer repeatedly called him racially derogatory names
- observing that, in an unemployment compensation dispute, findings by the Board are conclusive so long as they are supported by substantial record evidence
- stating that necessitous and compelling cause for voluntan ly leaving ones employment results from circumstances which produce pressure to terminate employment that is both real and substantial, and which would compel a reasonable person under the circumstances to act in the same manner
- employee had necessitous and compelling reason to quit after employer repeatedly called him racially derogatory names
- employee had necessitous and compelling reason to quit after employer repeatedly called him racially derogatory names
- African-American claimant subjected to repeated racial slurs and prejudicial treatment for three years
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Judges: Jones, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Nix, Manderino, Pomeroy
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