In re the Claim of Powell

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed October 31, 2002,. which, inter alia, ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because he refused an offer of suitable employment without good cause.

Claimant was registered with a personnel agency that specialized in finding both temporary and permanent employment. During the time when he was receiving unemployment insurance benefits, the agency scheduled him for an interview with a newspaper for a “temporary to permanent” position in their accounts receivable department., On…