Kelter Unemployment Compensation Case

Opinion bt

Wright, J.,

Charles T. Kelter was employed by the Progress Platemaking Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as a stereotyper, working on the day shift. Due to insufficient work, men on the day shift were.idle, while men on the night shift, were working overtime. In order to balance the work force, the employer decided to transfer several men .to the night shift.- Kelter was the lást employe on the day 'shift in point of seniority, and was requested to; accept a transfer. lipón his refusal, he was laid off. His application for unemploy: *69ment benefits was disallowed by the Bureau,…