Pennsylvania Claimant Loses Reinstatement After Termination

The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court denied an employee's request to reinstate her benefits after she was terminated for falsifying company documents and insubordination.In Bittner v. WCAB, No. 1655 C.D. 2007, 2/11/08, Bittner originally suffered a compensable leg injury in 2000 and returned to work in 2002 without any wage losses.In September 2005, the employer fired her after she attempted to give a co-worker an unapproved 1% raise by taping a supervisor's signature onto a document. The supervisor discovered the attempt, and the company fired her for insubordination and falsifying rec...