Rustin v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

ZLAKET, Justice.

On November 5,1990, claimant Dawn Rustin sustained an injury while working for Safeway Stores as a meat wrapper. Safe*477way, a self-insured employer,1 began paying workers’ compensation benefits. In March 1991, with the claim still indeterminable because her injury was not medically stationary,2 Rustin received a letter from Safeway inviting participation in a “voluntary employment separation program.” This correspondence advised that “layoffs in some areas” might be necessary to meet projected wage reductions, and though it was “unlikely” that job classifications being…