In re the Claim of Yates

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed February 11, 1997, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because she refused an offer of ¡suitable employment without good cause.

While claimant, was out of work and receiving workers’ compensation benefits, she relocated to a residence that was 45 to 50 minutes from her employer. When the employer subsequently offered claimant another position at the same salary, claimant declined, citing the length of the commute from her new home. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal…