Hays v. Batesville Mfg. Co.

Lyle Brown, Justice.

This is an unemployment compensation case. The appellants are Arthur H. Hays, Commissioner of Labor, and the claimant, Mrs. Mary Arnold. The appellee is Batesville Manufacturing Company, employer of claimant. The Searcy office of the employment security division approved Mrs. Arnold’s claim for compensation and was upheld by the appeals referee and the board of review. On appeal by the employer to circuit court the employer obtained a reversal.

In April 1968 claimant went to work for the employer on the second (night) shift. In August 1968 claimant exercised her seniority…