Magnode Corporation v. Director, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services

In Magnode Corporation v. Director, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, 12th Dist. No. 2005-02-050, 2006 Ohio 3086, the employees were verbally notified shortly after beginning the strike that the employer would begin the process of hiring permanent replacements. Magnode Corporation, 2006 Ohio 3086, P3. After notification, the employer followed through on its notification and began hiring permanent replacements. Id. In determining that the Magnode employees were not entitled to unemployment compensation, the court relied upon the fact that, although replacement workers were hired, jobs were available for the workers until the time the strike ended. Magnode, 2006 Ohio 3086, P13. The Magnode Court found this to be an indicator that the employer did not "sever the employment relationship with the striking workers by merely beginning to hire replacement workers." Id. However, the court did not indicate at what point in hiring permanent replacements, the employment relationship would be severed. Finally, the court, in Magnode, observed that the workers were never sent, as in M. Conley and Baugh, a notice informing them that they had been permanently replaced. Id. Thus, the court concluded that the Magnode workers were not entitled to unemployment compensation.