In the case of Mason v. Emerald Environmental Servs., Inc., 2023-Ohio-1418, an appellate court held that an employee was ineligible for unemployment benefits due to quitting without just cause when the worker quit part-time employment without raising concerns about the position with the employer.
In this case, the employee argued that the part-time work had ended and then the employer offered a full-time job that included different conditions and thus was an offer of new employment separate from the employee’s part-time position which the employee was allowed to reject. In response, the employer argued that the full-time position was simply a continuation of the employee’s part-time job and that the employee’s failure to raise concerns about the job with the employer constituted lack of just cause to quit the job. The appellate court agreed with the employer.
In support of its decision in favor of the employer, the appellate court explained that the employee did not inquire if the full time job was a different job than the part time job or just a continuation of the part time job and did not voice any concerns with the employer before quitting. The appellate court further explained that the employee’s failure to inquire and voice concerns constituted the employee as having quite without just cause.
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Authors: Matthew John Markling and the McGown & Markling Team.
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