Lillard v. Employment Security Commission

Prior to August 15, 1957, plaintiff was an employee of the defendant Chrysler Corporation at its Lynch Road plant. He was classified as an arc welder and was a member of group 3, department 70. Prior thereto the employer’s supervisory staff had planned the making of an improvement in the method of operation of group 2 in said department, the proposed change involving the combining of a gauging and welding operation. The plan contemplated that if the change worked out in a satisfactory manner a turntable would be installed at a later date, the effect of the alteration being to eliminate 1…