My question involves unemployment benefits for the state of: MA
ON Oct 1 my husband reitred from the company for whom he has worked 27 years. He was offered a small severence and Cobra. He is 66 years old. He applied and was approved for UI on Oct 13. We recieved the acceptance letter daying what amount he could collect and then this morning when he did his weeklies unemployment stated that he was disqualified for the previous week. He called Unemployment and they said he was disqualified because he quit. He didn't quit. He retired. He then called his former employer and the HR person said that excepting the severence was a voluntary termination and he has no recourse.
So do we have a chance if we appeal this disqualification and how should we go about proving his company wrong?

