McNeil Chevrolet, Inc. v. Unemployment Compensation Review Board

Pietrykowski, Judge.

{¶ 1} Appellant, Director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (“ODJFS”), appeals the judgment of the Fulton County Court of Common Pleas in an administrative appeal from a decision of the Ohio Unemployment Compensation Review Commission (“UCRC”). For the reasons that follow, we reverse the lower court’s judgment.

{¶ 2} The facts appellant relies upon were developed at the April 24, 2008 UCRC hearing and are as follows. Claimant, Eric Balazs, began his employment relationship with the appellee-dealership on October 21, 2004. His direct supervisor was Nick…