Chandler v. Administrator, Ohio Bureau of Employment Services

Appellant, Elmer Chandler, was employed as a mechanic by Pederson Insulation Company, an appellee herein. On September 22,1981, he was convicted in the Mount Vernon Municipal Court of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and given a choice of a jail term or going to an alcohol rehabilitation center in Mansfield, Ohio, for treatment for three weeks. He chose the latter. He claims he attempted to notify his employer of his anticipated absence but did not contact anyone until early in the morning of September 23, 1981, the first day of his treatment, when he contacted his…