Vail v. EMP. DIV. OF DEPT. OF HUMAN RESOURCES

The issue presented in this unemployment compensation appeal is whether the Employment Appeals Board (EAB) erred in determining that claimant had refused to accept suitable work and was therefore disqualified from receiving benefits.

Claimant appeals from a decision of EAB reversing by a divided vote the administrator and the referee and determining that claimant was disqualified.

The essential facts are set out in EAB’s findings:

"(1) Claimant was employed by this employer as an assistant planner from April 1964 to October 1967. (2) In January 1968 he became re-employed by this employer as a…