Youghiogheny & Ohio Coal Co. v. Oszust

This appeal requires that we determine whether an arbitrator’s determination upholding an employee’s discharge for “just cause” according to the terms of the applicable collective bargaining agreement precludes the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services from concluding that the employee was not “discharged for just cause in connection with his work” for purposes of R.C. 4141.29(D)(2)(a).

Appellant maintains that the term “just cause” within the contemplation of its collective bargaining agreement is identical in meaning to the term “just cause” for purposes of eligibility for unemployment…