Section 35 Directed to Apply by a Deputy

• Library: Employer-Employee Law 2008

A deputy’s direction to a claimant to apply for work must be expressed in language that would reasonably enable the claimant to know that the deputy expects and intends the claimant to apply for the available work. Appeals tribunals have generally held that a mere discussion of the work between the claimant and the deputy is not enough. On the other hand, a claimant’s refusal to...