WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 879

(d) If the Board finds that he has failed, without
good cause, either to apply for available, suitable work when
so directed by the Board or to accept suitable work when
offered him, or to return to his customary self-employment
(if any) when so directed by the Board. Such disqualifica-
tion shall continue until such individual has become reem-
ployed and has earnings therein equal to at least ten (10)
times his weekly benefit amount.

(1) In determining whether or not any work is suitable
for an individual, the Board shall consider the degree of
risk involved to his health, safety, and morale, his physical
fitness and prior training, his experience and prior earnings,
his length of unemployment and prospects for securing local
work in his customary occupation, and the distance of the
available work from his residence.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article,
no work shall be deemed suitable and benefits shall not be
denied under this Article to any otherwise eligible individual
for refusing to accept new work under any of the following
conditions: (a) if the position offered is vacant due directly
to a strike, lockout, or other labor dispute; (b) if the wages,
hours, or other conditions of the work offered are substan-
tially less favorable to the individual than those prevailing
for similar work in the locality; (c) if as a condition of
being employed the individual would be required to join a
company union or to resign from or refrain from joining any
bona fide labor organization.

(e) For any week with respect to which the Board
finds that his unemployment is due to a stoppage of work
which exists because of a labor dispute at the factory, estab-
lishment, or other premises at which he is or was last em-
ployed, provided that this sub-section shall not apply if it
is shown to the satisfaction of the Board that—

(1) He is not participating in or financing or directly
interested in the labor dispute which caused the stoppage
of work; and

(2) He does not belong to a grade or class of workers of
which, immediately before the commencement of the stoppage,
there were members employed at the premises at which the
stoppage occurs, any of whom are participating in or financ-
ing or directly interested in the dispute; provided, that if
in any case separate branches of work which are commonly
conducted as separate businesses in separate premises are
conducted in separate departments of the same premises,
each such department shall, for the purposes of this sub-