Opinion ID: 2611215
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Heading Rank: 3

Heading: The term `good cause.'

Text: Section 1257 of the Unemployment Insurance Code provides that: `An individual is also disqualified for unemployment compensation benefits if: ... (b) He, without good cause, refused to accept suitable employment when offered to him, or failed to apply for suitable employment when notified by a public employment office.' Section 1258 of the same code defines `suitable employment,' so far as relevant here, as `work in the individual's usual occupation or for which he is reasonably fitted....' The work itself, which was offered to appellant, prescinding from the loyalty matter, seems to be conceded to have met the definition of `suitable employment.' But section 1257 recognizes a second element, that of `good cause.' The term is not defined in the code. [4] We believe that the term `good cause' as used in the statute means an adequate cause, a cause that comports with the purposes of the Unemployment Insurance Code and with other laws. Regarding it so, we believe that appellant had good cause for his refusal, from the standpoint of public interest and from that of individual rights.