172 W. Va. 383 - Belt v. Cole’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 159 W. Va. 108 - Smith v. State Workmen's Compensation Commissioner · 170 W. Va. 162 - Lee-Norse Co. v. Rutledge · State ex rel. Hardesty v. Aracoma—Chief Logan No. 4523 · 166 W. Va. 675 - Kisamore v. Rutledge · Inter-Island Resorts, Ltd. v. Akahane
Most-quoted passages
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“[f]or a week in which his total or partial unemployment is due to a stoppage of work which exists because of a labor dispute at the factory, establishment or other premises at which he was last employed, unless the commissioner is satisfied that he was not (one) participating, financing, or directly interested in such dispute, and (two) did not belong to a grade or class of workers who were participating, financing, or directly interested in the labor dispute which resulted in the stoppage of work. No disqualification under this subdivision shall be imposed if the employees are required to accept wages, hours or conditions of employment substantially less favorable than those prevailing for similar work in the locality, or if employees are denied the right of collective bargaining under generally prevailing conditions, or if an employer shuts down his plant or operation or dismisses his employees in order to force a wage reduction, changes in hours or working conditions.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“[u]nemployment compensation statutes, being remedial in nature, should be liberally construed to achieve the benign purpose intended to the full extent thereof.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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