Eligibility when you refuse work
If you refuse an offer of work, a fact finding will be continued to determine if you had "sufficient cause" to refuse the offer by considering factors such as but not limited to:
- Whether the job is in your usual occupation
- The job’s match to your prior training, experience, and skills
- The job’s distance from your home
- Your previous wage level
- How long you have been unemployed
- If the job poses any unreasonable risks to your health, safety, or morals
- If the wages, hours, and working conditions are much less than similar work
- Other factors such as your present employment, an illness or disability, domestic responsibilities, confinement, or participation in training approved by the Department of Labor
If CTDOL determines that you refused suitable work without a good reason, you may appeal the determination.