In re the Claim of Polese

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed December 1, 1997, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because he voluntarily left his employment without good cause.

After being informed that his full-time position as a bus driver for a State mental hospital was targeted for a layoff, claimant accepted an early retirement incentive package instead of inquiring about retaining a job through his seniority bumping rights. Claimant thereafter resigned from his part-time position as a custodian for the North…