Wheatland Tube Co. v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Woodside, J.,

The claimant, Harry O. Schuster, an employe of Wheatland Tube Company, worked until June 29, 1956, at which time the employer’s plant shut down for an announced vacation period of one week, July 2, 1956 through July 8, 1956. For economic reasons, the claimant’s department remained closed at the end of the vacation shutdown for an additional two weeks due to lack of work.

On June 29, 1956, claimant received three weeks vacation pay in the amount of $342.62, one week of which was specifically paid for the announced vacation shutdown period of July 2, 1956 through July 8,…