In Re the Claim of Lazarus

The thirteen employees who by this proceeding would enforce their claims for unemployment benefits under article 18 of the Labor Law (commonly known as the Unemployment Insurance Law) were employed in 1941 by the respondent as “ bean pickers.” The operation of bean picking, as that phrase is used in this proceeding, is not descriptive of the removal of beans from the vines. It is a culling process by which dirt and waste are removed manually by employees who Are stationed at a moving belt upon which the mass of beans passes for inspection. The claimants ’ right to unemployment benefits which…