In re the Claim of Joseph

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed September 27, 1996, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because he voluntarily left his employment without good cause.

Claimant retired after 31 years of employment as a plant engineer at Memorial Sloan Battering Cancer Center, taking advantage of the employer’s early retirement incentive program. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits on the ground that he voluntarily…