Maturu v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

The issue in this appeal is the proper treatment of severance pay in determining the eligibility of a laid-off employee for unemployment benefits. The Department of Employment Services (DOES) apparently interpreted our decision in Dyer v. District of Columbia Unemployment Comp. Bd., 392 A.2d 1 (D.C.1978), to mandate that a severance payment must be treated as applicable to the time in which the payment was actually made to the employee. We think this is an incorrect reading of that case and therefore vacate the DOES order denying unemployment benefits to petitioner…