In re the Claim of Thesing

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed June 5, 2012, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because he voluntarily left his employment without good cause.

Claimant had worked for the employer for 35 years when, in order to downsize claimant’s department, the employer instituted a voluntary separation package. Claimant was informed that if a sufficient number of employees did not accept the package, the remainder of the targeted reduction would then be accomplished by involuntary separation. Although aware that…