In re the Claim of Di Stefano

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed August 16, 2002, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because he refused an offer of suitable employment without good cause.

Claimant was hired as a motor vehicle salesperson. It was agreed after his first few days of work, however, that the overcrowded working conditions caused by renovations to the employer’s showroom rendered it advisable for claimant to take a leave of absence and resume his position after the renovations had been completed. Claimant was contacted…