Subject-Matter Index

Disqualification from benefit. See Unemployment benefit

Unemployment benefit

disqualification from benefit

availability of suitable employment

Authority to act reasonably in making judgment on suitability—to consider all factors, including low unemployment, general level of taxation and expectation that claimant primarily responsible for own welfare—important for long-term unemployed to broaden employment horizons: Social Security Administrator v. Beresford (Royal Ct.), 2005–06 GLR N [5]

refusal to take up employment deemed suitable by Administrator, e.g. Fieldwork Scheme, may result in disqualification from receiving further benefit or contribution credit—claimant’s subjective opinion that that work degrading and unsuitable not enough—substantive evidence of unsuitability necessary to support refusal: Social Security Administrator v. Beresford (Royal Ct.), 2005–06 GLR N [5]