D. J. B. Collieries Co. v. Kentucky Unemployment Insurance Commission

CULLEN, Commissioner.

The question in this case is whether a period of unemployment experienced by a particular group of employes was occasioned by a strike or by a lockout. Under KRS 341.360(1) unemployment compensation benefits are payable if the unemployment is due to a lockout, but not if due to a strike.

Employes of D. J. B. Collieries Company made claims for unemployment compensation benefits for a period of unemployment, asserting that their employer had imposed a lockout. The employer resisted the claims, contending that the employes had gone on strike. The Unemployment Insurance…