Barnes v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
February 1988
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Flanagan v. Commonwealth · Grcich v. Commonwealth
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“In the employers request for reconsideration of the Boards first order he asserted that the Board should have concluded that the claimants action in leaving work early without permission and without offering an explanation to his supervisor was willful misconduct. In light of the above request, the Board reviewed the record (including the claimants similar behavior one year previously) and determined that it may have erred and disregarded competent and consistent employer testimony in making its first determination in the manner it did. On this basis reconsideration was granted and oral argument scheduled and held at which the parties were afforded the opportunity of presenting their contentions. After further review of the record the Board rendered its decision in light of the record and the arguments presented to it. The present decision mirrors the findings and conclusions rendered in that second Board decision. (Emphasis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“. . . before the Board may agree to reconsider its own decision there must appear of record some satisfactory reason to support • the decision to grant reconsideration. Noting that the applicable regulation[ 1 ] .requires that requests for reconsideration be granted only for good cause, the Court stated: . . . [W]e cannot ascertain whether the Board abused its discretion or lacked good cause for its ruling, unless the reason' for granting reconsideration appears in the record [footnote omitted]. Therefore,, we hold that the Board must clearly set forth in the record the basis upon which it grants reconsideration of its decision, in order that we may properly exercise our appellate role to oversee abuses of discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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