MATTER OF SWIERKIEWICZ


254 A.D.2d 596 (1998)

678 N.Y.S.2d 812

In the Matter of the Claim of Akos Swierkiewicz, Appellant. Commissioner of Labor, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

October 22, 1998


On April 14, 1997, claimant, a senior vice-president of his company, hand-delivered a letter to the president's office outlining what he perceived to be various work-related grievances. He felt he had reached a "glass ceiling" in his $240,000 a year job and concluded that he had "no other choice but to leave the company" provided certain "demands" could be met. His demands included a "1 year paid leave of absence (with all benefits, including medical, dental, short and long...

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