In re the Claim of Gibbs

Appeal from decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed March 29, 1999, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because she refused an offer of suitable employment without good cause.

“Whether a claimant had good cause to refuse an offer of suitable employment is a question for the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board and its decision, if supported by substantial evidence, must be upheld” (Matter of Palmer [Commissioner of Labor], 265 AD2d 787). Here, claimant, a home health care aide, applied for unemployment insurance benefits…