Opinion ID: 2085560
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Heading: The Contractual Obligation for Vacation Pay.

Text: This court has held that the right to vacation pay may survive the life of the contract which created it. Valeo v. J. I. Case Co. (1963), 18 Wis. (2d) 578, 119 N. W. (2d) 384. See Oglebay Norton Co. v. Industrial Comm. (1962), 15 Wis. (2d) 396, 410, 113 N. W. (2d) 35. The trial judge recognized that the Valeo Case probably resolves the issue when he said: The dissenting opinion of Chairman Slavney deals extensively and perceptively with the question of whether or not it was the `intention of the parties to recognize the concept of earned vacations.' In view of the recent decision in Anthony Valeo vs. J. I. Case Co. (No. 99, Aug. term, 1962, Feb. 5, 1963) it would appear that Commissioner Slavney's analysis as to the contract provisions indicating an intention of the parties to recognize the concept of earned vacations is probably correct. Upon the facts of the instant case, the right to vacation pay was vested, and the board should have ordered that it be paid by the respondent, Rice Lake Creamery Company. In our opinion, the matter is governed by the Valeo Case. By the Court. Judgment reversed, and cause remanded for further proceedings.