Ball v. Review Board of Indiana Employment Security Division

This is an unemployment compensation case in which the facts are undisputed. The issue is whether the work offered claimant after his layoff was “suitable” and/or whether his failure to accept it was for “good cause.”1

The claimant-appellant, Milton O. Ball, worked full time for Allison Division of General Motors Corporation from June 17, 1968, to May 5, 1970, as a janitor at an hourly pay rate of $3.50, when he was laid off for lack of work. After the expiration of the statutory one week waiting period2 he began to receive unemployment compensation benefits of Forty Dollars per week plus…