In re the Claim of Hill

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed July 19, 2002, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because she refused an offer of suitable employment.

Claimant, who worked for an employment agency, refused the agency’s offer to work as a receptionist for a clinic where she had worked before, stating that she was currently employed at a higher rate of pay. In fact, she was not working at the time but, rather, was job searching. Under these circumstances, substantial evidence supports the decision of the…