In re the Claim of Pigott

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed January 23, 1996, 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 receiving unemployment insurance benefits after being laid off by his employer due to lack of work. Thereafter, the employer telephoned claimant and left messages informing him that work was available. When the employer spoke to claimant, claimant refused the work because he was waiting for an assignment from another…