In the case Martin v. Dir., Ohio Dept. of Job & Family Servs., 2021-Ohio-3656, the Eleventh District Court of Appeals held that the trial court did not err in affirming the denial of unemployment compensation benefits for an employee that quit employment without just cause.
Here, the employee filed for unemployment benefits after leaving employment due to developing arthritis and the difficulty it created in working in his current position. The Director of the Ohio Unemployment Compensation Review Commission (“Commission”) denied the claim, finding that the employee quit without just cause. The trial court affirmed the denial of the unemployment compensation benefits, and that Court of Appeals affirmed.
The Court of Appeals reasoned that the Commission’s failure to provide the employee with a copy of the request for the Commission to review the denial, as well as a list of reasons why it accepted the employer’s denial of the unemployment compensation benefits did not constitute a violation of due process because the employee can’t show that it was prejudicial to not provide him with either document.
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Authors: Matthew John Markling and the McGown & Markling Team.
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