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BILLINGS v. DIRECTOR EMPLOYMENT SEC. DEPT.

No. E 02-239.

133 S.W.3d 399 (2003)

Gloria BILLINGS, et al. v. DIRECTOR, EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPARTMENT; and Southwestern Bell.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas, Divisions II, III, and IV.

December 3, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Edward Nickels, North Little Rock, for appellants.

Allan Pruitt and Phyllis Edwards, Little Rock, for appellee Director, Arkansas Employment Security Department.

Cynthia A. Barton and H. Edward Skinner; and Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C., by: Hermann Ivester, Little Rock, for appellee Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P.

ROBERT J. GLADWIN, Judge.

Following its determination that a force reduction was necessary, Southwestern Bell began its internal informal surplus proceedings in which employees with the most seniority were offered the opportunity to sign up for a voluntary severance package (hereinafter, "VSP"). Appellants accepted the VSP and took a sum of money approximately equal to one year's salary. They then filed claims for unemployment benefits. The Appeal Tribunal affirmed...

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