Harkeem v. New Hampshire Department of Employment Security

This case involves the validity of a regulation of the department of employment security under which the plaintiff was denied unemployment compensation benefits by reason of his voluntary retirement. The plaintiff, then age sixty-eight, voluntarily retired from his employment at Encore Shoe Corporation in Manchester on March 23, 1973. He filed for unemployment compensation which was denied in May 1973 because he had voluntarily retired. Early in August 1973, Mr. Harkeem was hired by Miller Shoe-Dover to replace a lasting room foreman who was hospitalized. In mid-September this employment was…