Hickson v. Chrysler Corp.

The instant proceeding is the second of two Michigan Employment Security Act (MESA)1 cases, argued together, which concern whether a defendant employer successfully has disqualified plaintiff employees for unemployment compensation in accordance with MESA § 48.2

In the first action, Brown v LTV Aerospace Corp, 394 Mich 702; 232 NW2d 656 (1975), we held that an employer may designate a vacation period during a time of layoff but remanded to the appeal *726board for consideration whether the employer made an effective designation.

We find in the present action that the defendant, Chrysler…