Orkwis Unemployment Compensation Case

Opinion by

Wright, J.,

Henry R. Orkwis was last employed as a bricklayer by Cost Brothers, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The employer did not work during the winter months, and claimant was in a lay-off status beginning sometime in' November, 1960. His application for benefits for the weeks ending January 11, 1961, through February 1, 1961, was disallowed by the Bureau of Employment Security, the Referee, and the Board of Review on the *143ground that, during that period, he was not available for work under Section 401(d) of the Unemployment Compensation Law. Act of December 5, 1936, P. L. (1937) 2897,…