In re the Claim of Smith

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed April 8, 1997, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because he voluntarily left his employment without good cause.

Due to an injury, claimant was placed on light-duty work for six months at the same rate of pay he had been receiving as a saw operator. When claimant could not tell the employer when he would be able to return to regular duty, the employer informed him that he could continue his employment at a prevailing wage consistent with the type of…