Acuff v. Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board

Opinion

PUGLIA, P. J.

This case concerns the application of Unemployment Insurance Code section 1262 which renders ineligible for unemployment compensation employees who leave work because of a trade dispute. The petitioners are striking employees whose employer implemented a wage reduction after their collective bargaining agreement expired. As the wage reduction was an issue expressly tendered in negotiations which had reached an impasse, we shall conclude the statutory “trade dispute” disqualification renders these petitioners ineligible for unemployment compensation during the period they…