Alexander v. Walnut Fork Design

This is an appeal from a decision by the Board of Review of the Department of Employment Security. Claimant is the president of the corporate employer, Walnut Fork Design, Builders and Woodworking Company, Inc., but also serves in the company as an hourly wage earner. As president, claimant is one of four stockholders in the company, each holding a 25% interest.

On April 10, 1979, the corporation ran out of work, and the four owners, including the claimant, decided to lay claimant off until June 5, 1979, when two other jobs were to begin.

Claimant contends that his being laid off from his work…