Calle v. Unemployment Appeals Commission & United Parcel Service, Inc.

STONE, Judge.

We find no error in the commission’s upholding the referee’s conclusion that Appellant’s acceptance of an early retirement opportunity was a voluntary abandonment of her employment and not a discharge attributable to the employer.

The employer, a few months prior to Appellant’s leaving, offered an early retirement package to employees over fifty years of age. As Appellant’s department was scheduled to close down at an undetermined future date, the employer encouraged her to take advantage of early retirement. We reject the contention that the employer’s doing so constitutes a…