A man under house arrest will be eligible for unemployment benefits after the Commonwealth Court ruled that house arrest does not qualify as “incarceration” under the Unemployment Compensation Law.
On Jan. 3, a three-judge panel of the court ruled, in an issue of apparent first impression, that Charles H. Chamberlain, the plaintiff in Chamberlain v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, was eligible for the benefits while he was under house arrest because he had not been fully separated from the workforce and was able to work while serving his sentence. The ruling reverses the findings of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review and a referee.
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