ORTEGA v. EMPLOYMENT SEC. DEPT.

Nos. 38718-9-I, 40905-1-I.

953 P.2d 827 (1998)

Teresa ORTEGA, Respondent, v. EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPARTMENT OF the STATE OF WASHINGTON, Appellant. Michael T. BELL, Appellant, v. EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPARTMENT OF the STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

April 6, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Derek Edwards, Assistant Attorney General, Olympia, for Appellant.

William B. Knowles, Seattle, for Respondent.

Jeffrey C. Minzel, Harry J. Korrell III, Davis, Wright, Tremaine, Minzel & Associates, Seattle, for Intervenor.


COLEMAN, Judge.

These two cases arise from the 1995 and 1996 labor reductions at Westinghouse Hanford in response to budget constraints and funding uncertainties with the Department of Energy. Teresa Ortega and Michael Bell elected to participate in different phases of Westinghouse's Special Voluntary Reduction of Force (SVROF) incentive program and were denied unemployment benefits by the Department. We granted the Employment Security Department's motion to consolidate...

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