In the case of Beard v. Dir. Of Job & Family Servs., 2022-Ohio-1690, the Appellate Court held that an employee was not entitled to unemployment benefits when he quit his job without just cause.
Here, the employee argued that he left his job with just cause because he had an issue with payroll that his employer failed to resolve. The Court disagreed with the employee.
In support of its decision, the Court explained that an employee must make reasonable efforts to attempt to solve a workplace problem before leaving their employment to be eligible for unemployment benefits. The Court found that the evidence showed that the employee stopped going to work before notifying his employer of the payroll issue, nor did the employee allow the employer to resolve the issue before quitting, thus making him ineligible for unemployment benefits.
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Authors: Matthew John Markling and the McGown & Markling Team.
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