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Ohio Rev. Code § 4141.291 (2026)

Voluntarily quitting to accept recall

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Effective:
November 26, 1997
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 478 - 122nd General Assembly
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(A) Notwithstanding section 4141.29 of the Revised Code, an individual who voluntarily quits work:

(1) To accept a recall from a prior employer and establishes that the refusal or failure to accept the recall would have resulted in a substantial loss of employment rights, benefits, or pension, under a labor-management agreement or company policy;

(2) To accept a recall to employment from a prior employer and cannot establish that a substantial loss of employment rights, benefits, or pension was involved in the recall, or to accept other employment subject to this chapter, or the unemployment compensation act of another state, or of the United States, where the individual obtains such employment while still employed or commences such employment within seven calendar days after the last day of employment with the prior employer, and subsequent to the last day of the employment with the prior employer, works three weeks in the new employment and earns wages equal to one and one-half times the individual's average weekly wage or one hundred eighty dollars, whichever is less;

(3) Shall, under the conditions specified in either division (A)(1) or (2) of this section, remove the disqualification imposed by division (D)(2)(a) of section 4141.29 of the Revised Code and shall be deemed to have fully complied with division (G) of such section.

(B) Benefits which may become payable to such individual because of the individual's subsequent separation from the employer who recalled that individual shall be charged to employer accounts as provided in division (D) of section 4141.24 of the Revised Code.

(C) Any benefits which would be chargeable to the account of the employer from whom such individual voluntarily quit to accept such recall or other employment which are not chargeable to the recalling employer as provided in this section shall be charged to the mutualized account provided in section 4141.25 of the Revised Code; except that any benefits chargeable to the account of a reimbursing employer under this division shall be charged to the account of the reimbursing employer and not the mutualized account, except as provided in division (D)(2) of section 4141.24 of the Revised Code.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1985–2022 · leading case: Radcliffe v. Artromick Int'l, Inc., 508 N.E.2d 953 (Ohio 1987).
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Radcliffe v. Artromick Int'l, Inc., 508 N.E.2d 953 (Ohio 1987). · cites it 16× “However, R.C. 4141.291 provides a special exception to R.”
Young v. Tortilla Flats, 523 N.E.2d 519 (Ohio Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 7× “29 (D)(2)(a) and R.C. 4141.291, where a claimant quits her present employment in order to take a better job, such is without just cause and the disqualification imposed thereby may only be removed by satisfying the requirements set forth in R.”
Norgart v. Ohio Dept. of Job & Fam. Servs., 2021 Ohio 812 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 25× “Alternatively, he argued that even if he was employed with Sonic, and quit without cause, he met the requirements in R.C. 4141.291 to re-qualify for benefits.”
Harmon v. Ohio Dept. of Job & Fam. Servs., 2022 Ohio 1142 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022). “7, 1988) (finding the appellant's nine days of vacation pay should be treated as a period of employment).”
Holbrook v. Bd. of Review, 489 N.E.2d 298 (Ohio Ct. App. 1985). “The referee further held that the quit was without just cause, that appellee was disqualified from benefits, and that the disqualification for the quit without just cause was not removed by subsequent employment because the requirements of R.C. 4141.291 were not met. Appellee…”
Vinson v. Aarp Found., 730 N.E.2d 479 (Ohio Ct. App. 1999). “While the legislature has created some exceptions that alleviate the disqualification caused by quitting without just cause, see R.C. 4141.291, it has not enacted an exception encompassing appellant’s argument.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 4141.291(A) — 3 cases
Radcliffe v. Artromick Int'l, Inc., 508 N.E.2d 953 (Ohio 1987). “However, R.C. 4141.291 provides a special exception to R.”
Young v. Tortilla Flats, 523 N.E.2d 519 (Ohio Ct. App. 1987). “29 (D)(2)(a) and R.C. 4141.291, where a claimant quits her present employment in order to take a better job, such is without just cause and the disqualification imposed thereby may only be removed by satisfying the requirements set forth in R.”
Norgart v. Ohio Dept. of Job & Fam. Servs., 2021 Ohio 812 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). “Alternatively, he argued that even if he was employed with Sonic, and quit without cause, he met the requirements in R.C. 4141.291 to re-qualify for benefits.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 4141.291(A)(1) — 1 case
Norgart v. Ohio Dept. of Job & Fam. Servs., 2021 Ohio 812 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). “Alternatively, he argued that even if he was employed with Sonic, and quit without cause, he met the requirements in R.C. 4141.291 to re-qualify for benefits.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 4141.291(A)(2) — 3 cases
Radcliffe v. Artromick Int'l, Inc., 508 N.E.2d 953 (Ohio 1987). “However, R.C. 4141.291 provides a special exception to R.”
Young v. Tortilla Flats, 523 N.E.2d 519 (Ohio Ct. App. 1987). “29 (D)(2)(a) and R.C. 4141.291, where a claimant quits her present employment in order to take a better job, such is without just cause and the disqualification imposed thereby may only be removed by satisfying the requirements set forth in R.”
Norgart v. Ohio Dept. of Job & Fam. Servs., 2021 Ohio 812 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). “Alternatively, he argued that even if he was employed with Sonic, and quit without cause, he met the requirements in R.C. 4141.291 to re-qualify for benefits.”
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