Zoet v. Benson Hotel Corp.

Writ of certiorari to review a decision of the commissioner of economic security charging the employer-relator’s experience rating account for unemployment compensation benefits paid to five employees. We reverse.

The five employees involved in this case are employed as banquet waitresses at The Leamington Hotel (the Hotel). They are all members of a labor union and have been employed, under a union contract, by the Hotel for several years. The contract requires that waitresses be granted priority in work assignment according to seniority.

In 1976, these employees filed unemployment…