Rex Unemployment Compensation Case

Opinion by

Gunther, J.,

Claimant, Carrie Bex, was last employed on March 1, 1956 by the Lehigh Spinning Company in Allentown, Pa., as a finisher at the hourly rate of $1.37 for day work and a higher rate when she worked on the night shift. On that day she was laid off due to lack of work. On May 10, 1956, after filing for her ninth consecutive week of compensation benefits, she was referred by the local bureau to Matte Dress Company in the same city as a laborer in the garment industry to do general floor work, hand out bundles, collect work, etc., at a beginning hourly rate of $1.00. On May…