Bauer v. Administrator, Bureau of Employment Services

The sole issue on this appeal is whether an individual qualifies for unemployment benefits under R.C. 4141.01(R), requiring that he must have “been employed” and “earned remuneration” during at least twenty weeks of his “base period” (defined in R.C. 4141.01[Q]; roughly, the year before he applies for benefits), if he has performed services for an employer during twenty weeks of the base period but has been paid for less than the requisite twenty weeks. We hold that an individual has not “earned remuneration” during the requisite twenty weeks, and thus does not qualify for benefits under the…