Legal Opinion
Nielsen v. EMPLOYMENT SEC. DEPT. OF STATE
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided November 5, 1998No. 16407-1-III, 16408-0-III, 16409-8-IIIPublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSweeney, J.
This is the consolidation of three appeals 1 filed by Westinghouse Hanford Company workers who participated in an employer-sponsored Special Voluntary Reduction of Force program (SVROF), after Westinghouse announced 4,800 jobs would be eliminated at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. Westinghouse offered the SVROF to satisfy a United States Department of Energy (DOE) mandated reduction in force. All of these claimants were denied unemployment compensation benefits because their participation in the SVROF was deemed a disqualifying voluntary quit under RCW 50.20.050. The question here is whether…
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