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Goldenson v. Firestsite Staffing5/30/2000
nce. Cf. Mbong v. New Horizons Nursing, 608 N.W.2d 890, 894 (Minn. App. 2000) (where employee's work history demonstrates pattern of long-term employment, employee does not fail to accept offer of suitable employment when she refuses assignments of short duration from temporary employment agency).
"Good cause" to reject an offer of suitable employment is defined as "some necessitous and compelling reason for refusal." Minn. R. 3305.0800, subp. 18 (1997). Good cause reasons "are usually personal to the claimant and extraneous to the employment, and are usually of a temporary and emergency nature so as not to detach the claimant from the labor market." Id.
Goldenson claims that she did not accept the two offers that she admits she did receive because she had medical restrictions stemming from a back injury she received in late 1998. Although there is evidence that she injured her back when she fell down some stairs, she was able to continue working for Firstsite and there is no evidence that she was unable to work clerical jobs.
Goldenson further claims that she refused the offered positions because she was actively looking for another sales position. This does not constitute good cause for her refusal of Firstsite's offers of other suitable employment. An employee cannot reject a suitable job offer because she is waiting for a better opportunity. See Preiss v. Commissioner of Econ. Sec., 347 N.W.2d 74, 76 (Minn. App. 1984).
The decision of the commissioner's representative is affirmed.
Affirmed.
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