Wynn v. Arizona Department of Economic Security

OPINION

DOWNIE, Judge.

¶ 1 Mark F. Wynn appeals from a determination by the Arizona Department of Economic Security (“ADES”) that he is ineligible for unemployment benefits based on a lump *591sum payment he received from his former employer, Hensley and Co. (“Hensley”). The question before us is whether that payment constituted severance pay that disqualified Wynn from benefits. Because we conclude that the payment included only two weeks’ wages in severance pay, we vacate ADES’s ineligibility decision and remand for an award of benefits.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2 After working for Hensley…