Matter of Reisen (Commr. of Labor)

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed March 5, 2014, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because he refused an offer of suitable employment without good cause.

Claimant was referred by a staffing agency to work as a finisher for a millwork company on a temporary basis. He was permanently hired by the company after the temporary assignment ended, but was subsequently laid off. The staffing agency then contacted claimant and offered him another job working as a packager in a yogurt factory. Claimant declined…