In re the Claim of Shanley

Appeal is taken by the Industrial Commissioner from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board which reversed a Referee’s decision sustaining an initial determination which disqualified claimant from benefits on the ground that she had refused an offer of employment without good cause. (Labor Law, § 593, subd. 2.) In reversing, the board held that claimant was justified in refusing a temporary job in her usual occupation, although at substantially the hourly wage rate “ prevailing for similar work in the locality” (Labor Law, § 593, subd. 2, par. [d]), whether upon permanent or…