Clark v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “Economic insecurity due to unemployment is a serious menace to the health, morals, and welfare of the people of the Commonwealth. Involuntary unemployment and its resulting burden of indigency falls with crushing force upon the unemployed worker, and ultimately upon the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions in the form of poor relief assistance. Security against unemployment and the spread of indigency can best be provided by the systematic setting aside of financial reserves to be used as compensation for loss of wages by employees during periods when they become unemployed through no fault of their own. The principle of the accumulation of financial reserves, the sharing of risks, and the payment of compensation with respect to unemployment meets the need of protection against the hazards of unemployment and indigency. The legislature, therefore, declares that in its considered judgment the public good and the general welfare of the citizens of this Commonwealth requires the exercise of police power of the Commonwealth in the enactment of this act for the compulsory setting aside of unemployment reserves to be used for the benefit of persons unemployed through no fault of their own.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Montellanico v. Commonwealth

2. “In order to deny compensation under Section 3 of the [Laiw], mope is needed than mere evidence of an arrest for a crime. The employer must present some evidence showing conduct of the claimant leading to the criminal arrest which is inconsistent with acceptable standards of behavior and which directly reflects upon his ability to perform his assigned duties. Of course, no proof of criminal conviction is necessary. . . . The employer need only produce evi-' d'enee that would have established fault on the part of the employee which would be incompatible with his work responsibilities. (Citations omitted.) (Emphasis in original.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Snelson v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

3. “In order to deny compensation under Section 3 of the [Law], more is needed than mere evidence of an arrest for a crime. The employer must present some evidence showing conduct of the claimant leading to the criminal arrest ■which is inconsistent with acceptable standards of behavior and which directly reflects upon his ability to perform his assigned duties. Of course, no proof of criminal conviction is necessary. . . . The employer need only produce evidence that would have established fault on the part of the employee which would be incompatible with his work responsibilities. (Cita-'lions omitted.) (Emphasis in original.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sheaffer v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review