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Friday, October 16, 2026
Courthouse News Service
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Unemployment

HARRISBURG, Pa. — An appeals court in Pennsylvania ruled a nursing assistant who left her job because she was afraid of contracting Covid-19 is not entitled to unemployment benefits because she did not notify her employer of her reasons for walking off the job at the time she left.

Read the opinion here.

Categories / Appeals, Briefs, Employment

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