189 Pa. Super. 334 | Pa. Super. Ct. | 1959
Opinion by
In this unemployment compensation case the board ■refused appellant’s claim for compensation because he failed to accept suitable work under §402(a) of the Unemployment Compensation Law, 43 PS §802(a).
The only issue in this appeal is whether claimant had good cause for refusing the job offered to him by the bureau at the Hughesville Machine and Tool Co. The record reveals that the claimant, after being unemployed for 5 months and 12 days, refused a job offer because he did not want to travel the approximate 15 miles from his home to the referral employer’s place of business. The claimant had private transportation and additional transportation in a car pool could have been arranged had he so desired. Under these circumstances, claimant’s attitude was indicative of a want of good faith and his failure to accept suitable work thereby renders him ineligible for unemployment compensation benefits: Weiland Unemployment Compensation Case, 167 Pa. Superior Ct. 554, 76 A. 2d 457.
Although the claimant at the second hearing attempted to establish that he was not qualified for the
Decision affirmed.