FORD MOTOR CO. v. OHIO BUR. OF EMP. SERV.

No. 90-242.

59 Ohio St. 3d 188 (1991)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, APPELLEE, v. ADMINISTRATOR, OHIO BUREAU OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided May 15, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, Martin McHenry and David S. Shankman, for appellee Ford Motor Company.

Lee I. Fisher, attorney general, and Merl H. Wayman, for appellants Administrator, Ohio Bureau of Employment Services, and Unemployment Compensation Board of Review.

Stewart Jaffy & Assoc. Co., L.P.A., and Stewart R. Jaffy, urging reversal for amici curiae, Ohio AFL-CIO and United Autoworkers.

Walter J. Mackey, urging affirmance for amici curiae, Ohio Manufacturers' Association, Ohio Chamber of Commerce, and Ohio Council of Retail Merchants.


H. BROWN, J.

This court has recognized that an employee who, pursuant to a labor-management agreement, accepts termination in lieu of a reassignment or involuntary layoff is entitled to unemployment compensation benefits. Bockover v. Ludlow Corp. (1986), 23 Ohio St.3d 190, 23 OBR 352, 492 N.E.2d 149. This case asks us to decide whether an employee is entitled...

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