Morillo v. DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF EMPLOYMENT SEC.

394 Mass. 765 (1985)

477 N.E.2d 412

HORACIO MORILLO

vs.

DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY & another.[1]

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

April 4, 1985.

May 8, 1985.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., LIACOS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & LYNCH, JJ.

James Breslauer for the employee.

Willie Ivory Carpenter, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for Director of the Division of Employment Security.

NOLAN, J.

We are asked to decide a question of first impression: whether an employee who agrees to be one of those laid off after the employer has announced his decision to lay off a specified number of…