Bryn Mawr Hospital v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

NARICK, Senior Judge.

The issue before this Court is whether an employee who elects a voluntary retirement program, but is injured before such program goes into effect, is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits, if the employee proves that she had not removed herself from the work force.

Bryn Mawr Hospital (Employer) appeals from the order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB) that affirmed and modified the Workers’ Compensation Judge’s (WCJ) grant of compensation benefits indefinitely. We affirm, as modified.

Claimant worked' for Employer as a laundry worker. In the Spring of…