Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

FRIEDMAN, Judge.

Georgia-Pacific Corporation (G-P) appeals from orders of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (UCBR) affirming a referee’s decision to grant benefits to former G-P employees (Claimants) pursuant to sections 401 and 4(u) of The Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Law (Law) 1 effective benefit week ending July 14, 1990. We affirm.

In the Spring of 1990, G-P decided to close its facility in Reading, Pennsylvania, thereby terminating all employee positions in that plant. G-P’s action was a “plant closing” as that term is defined in the Worker Adjustment and Retraining…