Section 42 Stoppage of Work

• Library: Employer-Employee Law 2008

Even though § 288.040.6, RSMo Supp. 2007, cited in §4.38 above, contains a definition of “stoppage of work,” the word “substantial” in that definition is often the bone of contention between the parties. The existence of a “stoppage of work” and not the existence of a “strike” or “lockout” is often determinative of entitlement to benefits. The following cases addressed the issue of “stoppage of work”:

• Chemtech Indus., Inc. v. Labor & Indus. Relations Comm’n, Div. of Employment Sec., 617 S.W.2d 121
  (Mo...