If someone is unemployed and collecting unemployment benefits can they refuse work if the job requires them to travel more than 15 miles with no form of transportation?

Answer

That depends on the state. I'm assuming you've already contacted your local unemployment office. They'd have the answer for you. Where I live, they can cancel your benefits if you refuse a job that's within 30 miles of your home.

Are you really being offered jobs even though you have no transportation? I would think that would stop an employer from hiring you. Your benefits can be terminated if you refuse an OFFER of employment. If you are filling out applications and they call you for an interview and you say you can't get there because you have no transportation, I'd think that would be the end of that job contact!

Because the requirements are different in each state, check out the Related US Government Links below. Circumstances dictate the answer, and that is up to the individual states.