A former Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board employee requested reconsideration of the Claims Group's denial of his request for severance pay, contending that, since his agency head directed him to resign, his resignation was involuntary. The Claims Group had determined that his separation was voluntary, since the agency never issued him a written notice that it was separati...

CIVILIAN PERSONNEL - COMPENSATION - SEVERANCE PAY - ELIGIBILITY - INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION - DETERMINATION EMPLOYEE WAS DIRECTED BY HIS AGENCY HEAD TO RESIGN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE EMPLOYING AGENCY NO LONGER WANTED HIM IN EXCEPTED POSITION. WE FIND HE WAS ACTUALLY INVOLUNTARILY DISMISSED. SINCE HE WAS INVOLUNTARILY SEPARATED. HE IS ENTITLED TO SEVERANCE PAY. CIVILIAN PERSONNEL - COMPENSATIO...