Curtis v. Commissioner of the Division of Unemployment Assistance

In these companion cases, we consider the eligibility of three former employees of Verizon New England, Inc. (Verizon), to receive unemployment compensation benefits after leaving their jobs in return for a so-called “voluntary separation package” (VSP). In each case, the Division of Unemployment Assistance (DUA) denied the employee’s application for benefits, the employee appealed to the division’s hearings department, and, after hearing, a review examiner affirmed the denial of benefits on the ground that the employee had departed voluntarily, without reasonable belief that he or she would…