E. W. Twitchell, Inc. v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

The claimant Lucy M. Fraley had been in the employ of the appellant company, continuously, for eleven years. She was in the fourth month of pregnancy and her attending physician on May 12, 1955 certified that “She has been advised to stay away from work for the duration of her pregnancy and post-partum period.” It was on this certificate that a six-months leave of absence was granted, by appellant, beginning with the above date, in accordance with a subsisting collective bargaining agreement entered into with the employer by claimant’s union. The provision of the contract,…