What is “suitable work” while receiving EUC?
Suitable work on EUC is defined as any work that you are capable of doing, which pays in excess of your weekly benefit amount and where the wages are not less than the higher of the federal, state, or local minimum wage. The job must be within a reasonable distance from your place of residence or last place of work, and cannot be detrimental to your health, safety, or morals. You do not have to accept a job if it is vacant due to a labor strike, if you are required to join or to resign from a bona fide labor organization, or if the working conditions or hours are substantially less favorable than those conditions or hours that are prevailing for similar work in the labor market. If you fail to accept suitable work while claiming EUC, you will be denied EUC benefits beginning with the week in which the refusal occurred and until you work in at least eight (8) weeks and earn at least $148.00 per week.
