Le Blang v. Shames

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that employees accepting early retirement as part of employer workforce reduction plans can be eligible for unemployment compensation under the “voluntary layoff option” proviso of Section 402(b) of the Unemployment Compensation Law
• stating that the Law’s purpose is remedial and humanitarian
• “[D]isqualification provisions, such as Section 402(e), should be narrowly construed and a claimant must not be denied compensation unless [s]he is unequivocally excluded by the plain language of these provisions.”
• “[W]hen reviewing unemployment compensation cases, an appellate court must consider whether the findings of fact are supported by substantial evidence and whether there was a violation of the constitution or agency procedure or an error of law.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).