In the case of Norgart v. Ohio Dept. of Job & Family Servs., the Fourth Appellate District Court of Ohio held that a “working interview” may constitute employment and quitting without just cause after a working interview may disqualify a person from collecting unemployment compensation.
Here, the government entity argued that the individual’s working interview constituted employment under R.C. 4141.01(B)(1) and to quit without just cause disqualifies the individual from collecting unemployment.
The individual argued that the working interview did not constitute employment because there was no actual agreement as to employment and that leaving in pursuit of other employment qualified as just cause.
The Court ruled in favor of the government entity, holding that the individual was employed based on the individual’s expectation of pay and listing the working interview as an employer on an unemployment application, and the court determined leaving for different employment was not just cause in this case.
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Authors: Matthew John Markling and the McGown & Markling Team.
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