Renown Stove Co. v. Unemployment Compensation Commission

In April, 1948, plaintiff employer laid off a number of its employees indefinitely for lack of work. The layoff continued until the latter part of July. Upon being laid off, they began drawing unemployment benefits. On June 21st, the employer notified the defendant commission that the employees named in the notice would receive vacation pay, some for 1 and some for 2 weeks, depending upon length of service, for a vacation period commencing July 5th, all in accord with the terms of contracts with unions of which employees were members. On June 28th, employer issued, and the employees accepted,…