General Electric Co. v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

These claimants for unemployment benefits under G. L. c. 151A were employees of General Electric Company. The plant in which the claimants were employed was “shut down during the weeks ending July 21 and July 28, 1962, for vacation purposes,” pursuant to the applicable collective bargaining agreement between the claimants’ union and the company. No work was provided for the claimants during these two weeks. Under the collective bargaining agreement, “an employee receives any vacation pay for which he is [then] eligible at the time of the vacation shutdown. An individual is eligible for…