Merck & Co. v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Woodside, J.,

This is an appeal by an employer from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board granting compensation to the claimant after she refused an assignment of work on the ground that it was not suitable.

The claimant, Mary S. Nygren, was employed as a packer for three years at appellant’s plant in Riverside. She worked on rotating shifts earning $1.44 per hour for day work and $1.49 per hour for night work. On July 29, 1955, she was laid off because the packing department of her employer was transferred to Philadelphia. There is no question as to her eligibility on the…