In re the Claim of Wachtel

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed September 1, 1989, which ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because he refused employment without good cause.

Claimant testified that he refused an offer of temporary employment because he was still waiting to hear from some firms with which he had interviewed for a permanent position. *774However, refusing an offer of employment because it is only temporary does not constitute good cause (see, Matter of Murphy [Ross], 82 AD2d 970; Matter of McCarthy [Continental Tel. Co.—Ross], 82…