In the case State ex rel. Ryan Alternative Staffing, Inc. v. Moss, Slip Opinion No. 2021-Ohio-3539, the Ohio Supreme Court held that a good-faith alternative job offer accommodating an injured employee could eliminate the temporary total disability benefit.
Here, an employee argued that they were entitled to benefits because the rejection to the change in position was in good faith and for familial reasons. The employer argued that upon rejection of the good faith offer, the benefits ceased.
The court reasoned that employers are not legally required to provide temporary total disability benefits after a good faith offer of accommodating employment.
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Authors: Matthew John Markling and the McGown & Markling Team.
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