Read v. Employment Security Department

Jack Read, Earl Frederick, and James Christensen assert in this consolidated appeal that the trial court erred by affirming the findings of the Commissioner of the Employment Security Department (the Department) that each claimant voluntarily left his employment with Tacoma News, Inc., without good cause pursuant to RCW 50.20.050 and, thus, did not qualify for unemployment benefits. We affirm.

On July 12, 1988, Tacoma News circulated a memorandum in its various departments announcing the implementation of an early retirement plan for qualified employees, largely because of the company's need…