DocketNumber: Appeal, No. 647 C.D. 1981
Citation Numbers: 70 Pa. Commw. 239
Judges: Blatt, Craig, MacPhail, Maophail
Filed Date: 12/3/1982
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 6/24/2022
Opinion by
Derek K. Ricketts (Claimant) has appealed from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) finding Claimant ineligible for benefits from July 5, 1980 to August 12, 1980. We affirm.
Claimant w,as last employed by Action Transit (Employer) as a bus driver. His last day of work was June 24, 1980. On or about July 2, 1980, Employer contacted Claimant to offer him work as a bus driver beginning July 7. Claimant and Employer disagree regarding what next occurred, but the Board found as
Because we affirm the Board’s determination of ineligibility based on Section 402(a), we need not discuss the Board’s alternate reason for disqualification based on Section 401(d) (1) of the Law, 43 P.S. §801 (d) (1), the “available for work” provision.
Order
The order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, Decision No. B-192610, dated February 25,1981, is hereby affirmed.
The Board’s order also assessed Claimant a non-fault overpayment of $97.00. Claimant has not contested the amount of claimed overpayment.
The Board is the final arbiter of credibility. See e.g., Jackim v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 63 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 5, 437 A.2d 775 (1981).
Claimant has not disputed the Board’s determination that the offered job was “suitable work” as defined by Section 4(t) of the Law, 43 P.S. §753 (t), nor has he assented “good cause” in refusing the offer.