| Issue: |
Sub-Issue 1: |
Sub-Issue 2: |
Sub-Issue 3: |
| voluntarily leaving employment |
personal reasons |
retirement |
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Summary:
The claimant was 72 years of age and had worked for the same employer for approximately 20 years. She requested to take her retirement and gave a four-month notice and left. In doing so, she triggered her unemployment since she was not due to retire but felt, having consulted her doctor, she could not continue work in a stressed environment. It is well established law that when one goes on early retirement or prior to the compulsory retirement age set by the employer, it is deemed the person triggered her unemployment and benefits are almost automatically denied. The Umpire dismissed the Appeal.
