Am I my brother's keeper? - Unemployment News - 4/19/2016
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Company found to have just cause to terminate its president when he is absent from work due to a heart attack and other medical concerns, when he did not turn in medical documentation even though he was never requested to do so by his brother, the vice-president.
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Ohio Unemployment Rate for March 2016 Released
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Ohio's March 2016 unemployment rate increased to 5.1% from 5.0% in February, continuing a steady climb since the fourteen year low of 4.4% in October 2015.
Read MoreCleaning Preschools - Unemployment Appeals - 04/08/16
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The First District concludes that, when presented with conflicting evidence, the Review Commission's decision awarding benefits should not be disturbed, affirming that, "the fact that reasonable minds might reach different conclusions is not basis for the reversal of the [hearing officer's] decision."
Read MoreResigning Due to Harassment - Unemployment Appeals 4/7/2016
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The Tenth District holds that a police officer who filed sexual harassment complaints lacks just cause to resign due to a purported failure to give the employer an adequate opportunity to resolve her complaints.
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Unemployment Appeals Reports 3/21/16
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The Sixth District holds that proof that an employer terminated striking employees by replacing them with permanent replacements does not necessarily require written notice to the employees that they are permanently replaced, and therefore such employees became eligible for unemployment compensation on the date that the employer actually intended to, and began to, permanently replace them.
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Ohio's February 2016 unemployment rate remained unchanged from January 2016 at 4.9%. This is an increase from 4.8% for December and 4.5% for November 2015. It had reached a fourteen year low of 4.4% in October 2015. The number of unemployed increased from January by 6,000 to a total of 285,000. The largest losses in jobs were state government losing 2,800 jobs, manufacturing losing 2,300, and leisure and hospitality reduced by 2,200.
Read MoreUnemployment Appeals Reports 3/17/16
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The Sixth District affirms a UCRC decision granting unemployment benefits to an individual accused of violating a cellphone policy, where the hearing officer gave more credibility to the claimant's testimony during the hearing than to hearsay statements relied upon by the employer.
Read MoreUnemployment Appeals Reports 3/12/16
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The Second District holds that an employer lacks just cause to terminate an employee for refusing to stop taking prescription morphine, even if he does not ask the doctor for alternative treatments. Additionally, an employer may not justify reasons for a termination other than those actually used.
Read MoreUnemployment Appeals Reports 3/11/16
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The 8th District affirms a denial of unemployment benefits to an employee who stored files, including pornographic files, on his work computer, holding that rules applying to the State Personnel Board of Review do not apply to unemployment benefits.
Read MoreOhio Unemployment Rate for January 2016 Released
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Ohio's January 2016 unemployment rate increased again to 4.9% from 4.8% in December and 4.5% in November 2015. It had reached a fourteen year low of 4.4% in October 2015. The number of unemployed increased from December by 6,000 to a total of 279,000. The largest losses in jobs were professional and business services losing 6,500 jobs and local government jobs losing 5,500.
Read MoreUnemployment Appeals Reports 2/8/16
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The Sixth District affirms that fault is an essential component to just cause and explains it, "will not disrupt the hearing officer's decision to accord more weight to claimant's live testimony over the appellant's hearsay evidence."
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