Alice Wallace v. Commonwealth Pennsylvania

Unemployment compensation claimant Alice Wallace (Claimant) has appealed the decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) affirming a referees denial of benefits following her voluntary termination of her employment under Section 402(b) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law). The case challenges the validity, under the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the United States Constitution, of the blanket disqualification effected by Subsection (b)(2)(II) of Section 402, 43 P.S. § 802, of all persons who quit their jobs for marital, filial or domestic reasons.