EYRE v. SAGINAW CORRECTIONAL FACILITY

Docket No. 261348.

733 N.W.2d 437 (2007)

274 Mich. App. 382

Janice EYRE, Appellant, v. SAGINAW CORRECTIONAL FACILITY and Department of Labor and Economic Growth, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided February 27, 2007, at 9:05 a.m.

Released for Publication June 7, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wildeboer & Klinda, L.L.P. (by John L. Wildeboer), Bay City, for Janice Eyre.

Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and Martin J. Vittands, Assistant Attorney General, for the Department of Labor and Economic Growth.

Before: SAWYER, P.J., and WILDER and SERVITTO, JJ.


SAWYER, P.J.

We are asked in this appeal to determine the appropriate standard of review to apply when determining whether an unemployment-compensation claimant was properly denied benefits for refusing to accept a suitable offer of employment without good cause. We hold that the employer initially bears the burden of establishing that a suitable offer of work had been made, but, once the employer has met this burden, the burden shifts to the claimant to establish...

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