In re the Claim of Bus

This is an appeal by the employer from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed January 7,1971, which affirmed a Referee’s decision sustaining initial determinations of the respondent Industrial Commissioner granting benefits to the claimant.

The Bethlehem Steel Company employed claimants in various positions and departments in its Lackawanna steel plant. A lessening of the amount of work needed by the company resulted in a reduction of the working force and eventually resulted in claimants not being employed at Bethlehem.

Claimants contend that they had good cause to refuse…