PRESIDENT & FELLOWS, HARVARD COL. v. DIR, DIV, EMP SEC


376 Mass. 551 (1978)

382 N.E.2d 195

PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE vs. DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

November 3, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roscoe Trimmier, Jr. (John H. Mason with him) for the plaintiff.

Paul F. Kelly for Jacqueline Balcom & others.

Frank J. Scharaffa, Assistant Attorney General, for the Director of the Division of Employment Security.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, & LIACOS, JJ.


BRAUCHER, J.

The President and Fellows of Harvard College (employer) employed the claimants as food service workers during the academic year, and offered them substitute employment during the summer. They refused the offers on grounds of safety and reduced income. We uphold findings that they were "available for work" within the meaning of G.L.c. 151A, § 24 (b), that the employer had not offered them "suitable employment" within the meaning of § 25...

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