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Ohio's November 2015 unemployment rate increased slightly to 4.5% from a fourteen year low of 4.4% in October, with the number of unemployed increasing from October by 6,000 to a total of 255,000.
Read MoreThe Tenth District relies on its limited standard of review for unemployment compensation cases to reject an appeal of a denial of unemployment compensation to an employee who had been approved during her determination, redetermination, and hearing, only to find herself denied after a rehearing.
Read MoreTo qualify for unemployment after a resignation, an employee should first notify their employer of the problems they are experiencing at work and give the employer an opportunity to correct them. Documentation is important as well.
Read MoreOhio unemployment benefits will be denied to those who are forced to quit due to family obligations. As a result, employers are able to change schedules regardless of the impact on an employee and their need to care for their children, and the employee who finds themselves with the Hobson's choice of abandoning their children to keep their job, or resigning and being left without unemployment compensation to care for their family while they search for new work.
Read MoreThe unemployed worker still finds hurdles when searching for suitable employment where they live in the best of economies, let alone Ohio's economy. Even with unemployment benefits, they face foreclosures, evictions, and repossessions. Without the benefits, the blunt truth is that many will face homelessness and hunger.
Read MoreThe Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services released the unemployment rate for October 2015, reporting that it decreased to 4.4% from 4.5% in September. This is also down from 5.2% in October 2014. The October 2015 rate is reported to be the lowest since 2001.
Read MoreI am an attorney with Sivinski Law Offices, providing legal representation for labor and employment issues, criminal defense, DUI defense, and family law. I am admitted to practice in the State of Ohio, the United States District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
I am also a father ofthree lively children, a member of St. Peter's Catholic church in Huron, and we enjoy all opportunities to get outdoors to cycle, hike, fish, play catch with our redbone coonhound Duke, barbecue, and to explore my enjoyment of photography.
by Brian J. Smith, Esq
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