Section 11-10-516 - Disqualification - Refusal to report after layoff(a)(1) If so found by the Director of the Division of Workforce Services, an individual shall be disqualified for benefits if while on a layoff of ten (10) weeks or less, he or she refuses to report for work within one (1) week after notice of recall to the same job or to a suitable job similar to the one from which he or she was laid off, or if while unemployed, he or she voluntarily removes his or her name from a recall list set forth in a written contract of a base-period employer, provided that the employer files a written notice of the refusal of recall or removal from a recall list with the Division of Workforce Services within seven (7) days of the occurrence.(2) The disqualification shall begin on the date of receipt of the written notice of refusal of recall or removal from the recall list by the division and shall continue until, subsequent to filing his or her claim, he or she has had at least thirty (30) days of employment covered by an unemployment compensation law of this state, or another state, or of the United States.(b) No individual shall be disqualified under this section if he or she refuses to report for recall to the job or removes his or her name from a recall list as described in subsection (a) of this section because he or she is employed on a full-time basis, has a written offer of a job, or because of circumstances of such nature and compelling urgency that it would be contrary to good conscience to impose a disqualification. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 244, eff. 7/1/2019.Acts 1941, No. 391, § 5; 1955, No. 395, § 14; 1983, No. 482, § 18; A.S.A. 1947, § 81-1106; Acts 1987, No. 753, § 15; 2005, No. 902, § 3.