In re the Claim of Feldman

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed February 23, 2004, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because she refused an offer of suitable employment without good cause.

Claimant lost her employment as a paralegal under nondisqualifying circumstances. When claimant’s former employer subsequently offered her a job as a legal secretary, she refused, claiming that she was not suited for such work. Claimant initially was deemed eligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits and that determination was sustained…