Safeway Stores, Inc. v. Hanks

Employer seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order that awarded claimant temporary disability benefits for a three-week period when she was prevented from working due to a labor dispute lock out at her place of work. We affirm.

Claimant, a retail clerk, injured her wrist. Employer accepted the claim and offered her modified work, which she accepted. On July 21,1990, employer locked out its employees due to a labor dispute. When the labor dispute ended, claimant returned to her modified job. The Board held that, by locking her out of her job, employer withdrew its offer of modified…