Darling v. Industrial Commission

Plaintiffs claimed unemployment compensation benefits for weeks 29 and 30 (1954) after they were laid off from employment at Auto-Lite. By virtue of past service and the collective-bargaining agreement in effect at Auto-Lite, plaintiffs were entitled to receive a payment of a percentage of the amount earned by them in 1953. This is referred to in the agreement as “vacation pay.” It is the position of Auto-Lite and the commission that, notwithstanding the change in plaintiffs’ employment status by *357reason of the layoff, the vacation pay could be allocated to two weeks while plaintiffs were away…