State, Dept. of Indus. Relations v. Deslattes

This is an unemployment compensation case.

Plaintiff filed a claim for unemployment compensation benefits which was denied by the local claims examiner and the compensation referee. Plaintiff successfully appealed the referee's denial to the Board of Appeals for the Department of Industrial Relations. The Board's decision was affirmed in the court below and the Department appealed.

The dispositive issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in its determination that an employer's voluntary payment of a separation allowance does not disqualify a claimant from unemployment compensation…