Ohio Rev. Code § 4133.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4133 / § 4133.03
§ 4133.03. Alternate employer organization duties
Status: in_force

September 28, 2021 House Bill 75 - 134th General Assembly (A) The alternate employer organization with whom a worksite employee is employed shall do all of the following: (1) Process and pay all wages and applicable state and federal payroll taxes associated with the worksite employee, irrespective of payments made by the client employer, pursuant to the terms and conditions of compensation in the alternate employer organization agreement between the alternate employer organization and the client employer; (2) Pay all related payroll taxes associated with a worksite employee independent of the terms and conditions contained in the alternate employer organization agreement between the alternate employer organization and the client employer; (3) Maintain workers' compensation coverage, pay all workers' compensation premiums, and manage all workers' compensation claims, filings, and related procedures associated with a worksite employee in compliance with Chapters 4121. and 4123. of the Revised Code, except that when worksite employees include family farm officers, ordained ministers, or corporate officers of the client employer, payroll reports shall include the entire amount of payroll associated with those persons; (4) Annually provide written notice to each worksite employee it assigns to perform services to a client employer of the relationship between and the responsibilities of the alternate employer organization and the client employer; (5) Maintain complete records separately listing the manual classifications of each client employer and the payroll reported to each manual classification for each client employer for each payroll reporting period during the time period covered in the alternate employer organization agreement; (6) Maintain a record of workers' compensation claims for each client employer; (7) Make periodic reports, as determined by the administrator of workers' compensation, of client employers and total workforce to the administrator; (8) Report individual client employer payroll, claims, and classification data under a separate and unique subaccount to the administrator; (9) Within fourteen days after receiving notice from the bureau of workers' compensation that a refund or rebate will be applied to workers' compensation premiums, provide a copy of that notice to any client employer to whom that notice is relevant; (10) Annually certify to the administrator that all client employer federal payroll taxes have been timely and appropriately paid, and on request of the administrator, provide proof of payment. (B) In any alternate employer organization agreement between an alternate employer organization and a client employer, the client employer shall be listed as the employer on the W-2 forms of the worksite employees, but the alternate employer organization remains jointly and severally liable for all applicable local, state, and federal withholding and employer-paid taxes with respect to the worksite employees. (C) An alternate employer organization shall file federal payroll taxes entirely under the tax identification number of the client employer, but shall remain jointly and severally liable for all wages and payroll taxes associated with worksite employees. In addition, if any of the alternate employer organization's clients fail to transmit payment to the alternate employer organization sufficient to cover payment of all wages and employer-paid taxes, the alternate employer organization shall keep a record of the nonpayment or underpayment and a record that the alternate employer organization nonetheless paid the wages and taxes owed. (D) An alternate employer organization may not provide partial or split workers' compensation coverage for worksite employees in which the client employer provides that coverage for some, but not all, of the client employer's worksite employees. On entering into an alternate employer organization agreement, all worksite employees shall be covered under the workers' compensation policy of the alternate employer organization. (E) The alternate employer organization with whom a worksite employee is employed shall provide a list of all of the following information to the client employer on the written request of the client employer: (1) All workers' compensation claims, premiums, and payroll associated with that client employer; (2) Compensation and benefits paid and reserves established for each claim listed under division (E)(1) of this section; (3) Any other information available to the alternate employer organization from the bureau of workers' compensation regarding that client employer. (F)(1) An alternate employer organization shall provide the information required under division (E) of this section in writing to the requesting client employer within forty-five days after receiving a written request from the client employer. (2) For purposes of division (F) of this section, an alternate employer organization has provided the required information to the client employer when the information is received by the United States postal service or when the information is personally delivered, in writing, directly to the client employer. (G) Except as provided in section 4133.11 of the Revised Code and unless otherwise agreed to in the alternate employer organization agreement, the alternate employer organization with whom a worksite employee is employed has a right of direction and control over each worksite employee assigned to a client employer's location. However, a client employer shall retain sufficient direction and control over a worksite employee as is necessary to do any of the following: (1) Conduct the client employer's business, including training and supervising worksite employees; (2) Ensure the quality, adequacy, and safety of the goods or services produced or sold in the client employer's business; (3) Discharge any fiduciary responsibility that the client employer may have; (4) Comply with any applicable licensure, regulatory, or statutory requirement of the client employer. (H) Unless otherwise agreed to in the alternate employer organization agreement, liability for acts, errors, and omissions shall be determined as follows: (1) An alternate employer organization shall not be liable for the acts, errors, and omissions of a client employer or a worksite employee when those acts, errors, and omissions occur under the direction and control of the client employer. (2) A client employer shall not be liable for the acts, errors, and omissions of an alternate employer organization or a worksite employee when those acts, errors, and omissions occur under the direction and control of the alternate employer organization. (I) Nothing in divisions (G) and (H) of this section shall be construed to limit any liability or obligation specifically agreed to in the alternate employer organization agreement. (J) An alternate employer organization is not, and shall not be considered, a professional employer organization, as defined in section 4125.01 of the Revised Code. Beginning on and after January 1, 2022, an alternate employer organization may not hold itself out, advertise, or otherwise identify itself in any way as a professional employer organization. (K) In an alternate employer organization agreement, both the client employer and alternate employer organization are jointly and severally liable for the payment of employee wages and taxes. The alternate employer organization and client employer share in the employer responsibilities and liabilities with respect to a worksite employee, pursuant to the alternate employer organization agreement. (L) The use of a client employer's tax identification number for federal payroll tax purposes as required under division (C) of this section shall not be construed to absolve the alternate employer organization of any responsibilities or liabilities applicable to an alternate employer organization, including those under federal law. Last updated August 4, 2021 at 2:19 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4111.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4111 / § 4111.05
§ 4111.05. Rules
Status: in_force

July 1, 2000 House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly The director of commerce shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as the director considers appropriate to carry out the purposes of sections 4111.01 to 4111.17 of the Revised Code. The rules may be amended from time to time and may include, but are not limited to, rules defining and governing apprentices, their number, proportion, and length of service; bonuses and special pay for special or extra work; permitted deductions or charges to employees for board, lodging, apparel, or other facilities or services customarily furnished by employers to employees; inclusion of ascertainable gratuities in wages paid; allowances for unascertainable gratuities or for other special conditions or circumstances which may be usual in particular employer-employee relationships; and the method of computation or the period of time over which wages may be averaged to determine whether the minimum wage or overtime rate has been paid.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.70 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4123 / § 4123.70
§ 4123.70. Preexisting disease
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly No compensation shall be awarded on account of disability or death from disease experienced by an employee who, at the time of entering into the employment from which the disease is claimed to have resulted, willfully and falsely represented self as not having previously had such disease. Compensation shall not be awarded on account of both injury and disease, except when the disability is caused by a disease and an injury, in which event the administrator of workers' compensation may apportion the payment of compensation provided for in sections 4123.56 to 4123.59 of the Revised Code between the funds as in the administrator's judgment seems just and proper. If an employee has both occupational disease and an injury, and the administrator can determine which is causing the employee's disability, the administrator shall pay compensation therefor from the proper fund. Compensation for loss sustained on account of occupational disease by an employee mentioned in division (A)(1) of section 4123.01 of the Revised Code, or the dependents of such employee, shall be paid from the fund provided for in sections 4123.38 to 4123.41 and 4123.48 of the Revised Code. Compensation for loss sustained on account of a disease by an employee mentioned in division (A)(2) of section 4123.01 of the Revised Code, or the dependents of the employee, shall be paid by the employer of the employee, if the employer is a self-insuring employer. Last updated May 11, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4112.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4112 / § 4112.10
§ 4112.10. Attorney general and commission litigation
Status: in_force

November 12, 1969 House Bill 432 - 108th General Assembly The attorney general shall conduct all litigation in which the Ohio civil rights commission participates as a party pursuant to Chapter 4112. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4141.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4141 / § 4141.50
§ 4141.50. SharedWork Ohio definitions
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section and in sections 4141.51 to 4141.56 of the Revised Code: (1) "Affected unit" means a department, shift, or other organizational unit of two or more employees that is designated by a participating employer in a shared work plan. (2) "Approved shared work plan" means an employer's shared work plan, submitted pursuant to section 4141.51 of the Revised Code, that satisfies all of the requirements for approval under that section and that the director of job and family services has approved in writing. (3) "Intermittent basis" means employment that is not continuous but may consist of periodic intervals of weekly work and intervals of no weekly work. (4) "Normal weekly hours of work" means the normal hours of work in employment each week for an employee in an affected unit when that unit is operating on a full-time basis, not to exceed forty hours and not including any overtime worked. (5) "Participating employee" means an employee whose normal weekly hours of work are reduced by the reduction percentage under an approved shared work plan. (6) "Participating employer" means an employer who has an approved shared work plan in effect. (7) "Reduction percentage" means the percentage by which each participating employee's normal weekly hours of work are reduced under an approved shared work plan. (8) "Seasonal basis" has the same meaning as "seasonal employment" as defined in division (A) of section 4141.33 of the Revised Code. (9) "Shared work compensation" means the pro rata share of unemployment compensation benefits payable to a participating employee under an approved shared work plan. "Shared work compensation" does not include unemployment compensation benefits otherwise payable to an eligible claimant who is totally or partially unemployed. (10) "Temporary basis" means employment where an employee is expected to remain in a position for only a limited period of time or is hired by a temporary agency to fill a gap in the employer's workforce. (B) There is hereby created the "SharedWork Ohio" program, under which an employer who participates in the program reduces the number of hours worked by the employees of the employer in lieu of layoffs. The director may adopt rules as the director determines necessary to implement any guidance issued by the United States secretary of labor with respect to the SharedWork Ohio program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4123 / § 4123.20
§ 4123.20. Publication and distribution of classifications, rates, and rules of procedure
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly The administrator of workers' compensation shall make available electronically to the public, its classifications, rates, rules, and rules of procedure, and shall furnish the same to any person upon request.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4141.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4141 / § 4141.13
§ 4141.13. Director of job and family services - additional duties
Status: in_force

October 1, 2020 House Bill 614 - 133rd General Assembly (A) In addition to all other duties imposed on the director of job and family services and powers granted by this chapter, the director may: (1) Adopt and enforce reasonable rules relative to the exercise of the director's powers and authority, and proper rules to govern the director's proceedings and to regulate the mode and manner of all investigations and hearings; (2) Prescribe the time, place, and manner of making claims for benefits under such sections, the kind and character of notices required thereunder, the procedure for investigating, hearing, and deciding claims, the nature and extent of the proofs and evidence and the method of furnishing and taking such proofs and evidence to establish the right to benefits, and the method and time within which adjudication and awards shall be made; (3) Adopt rules with respect to the collection, maintenance, and disbursement of the unemployment and administrative funds; (4) Amend and modify any of the director's rules from time to time in such respects as the director finds necessary or desirable; (5) Authorize a designee to hold or undertake an investigation, inquiry, or hearing that the director is authorized to hold or undertake. An order of a designee authorized pursuant to this section is the order of the director. (6) Appoint advisors or advisory employment committees, by local districts or by industries, who shall, without compensation but with reimbursements for necessary expenses, assist the director in the execution of the director's duties; (7) Require all employers, including employers not otherwise subject to this chapter, to furnish to the director information concerning the amount of wages paid, the number of employees employed and the regularity of their employment, the number of employees hired, laid off, and discharged from time to time and the reasons therefor and the numbers that quit voluntarily, and other and further information respecting any other facts required for the proper administration of this chapter; (8) Classify generally industries, businesses, occupations, and employments, and employers individually, as to the hazard of unemployment in each business, industry, occupation, or employment, and as to the particular hazard of each employer, having special reference to the conditions of regularity and irregularity of the employment provided by such employer and of the fluctuations in payrolls of such employer; (9) Determine the contribution rates upon employers subject to this chapter, and provide for the levy and collection of the contributions from such employers; (10) Receive, hear, and decide claims for unemployment benefits, and provide for the payment of such claims as are allowed; (11) Promote the regularization of employment and the prevention of unemployment; (12) Encourage and assist in the adoption of practical methods of vocational training, retraining, and vocational guidance; (13) Investigate, recommend, and advise and assist in the establishment and operation by municipal corporations, counties, school districts, and the state of prosperity reserves of public work to be prosecuted in times of business depression and unemployment; (14) Promote the re-employment of unemployed workers throughout the state in any other way that may be feasible, and take all appropriate steps within the director's means to reduce and prevent unemployment; (15) Carry on and publish the results of any investigations and research that the director deems relevant; (16) Make such reports to the proper agency of the United States created by the "Social Security Act" as that agency requires, and comply with such provisions as the agency finds necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports; (17) Make available upon request to any agency of the United States charged with the administration of public works or assistance through public employment the name, address, ordinary occupation, and employment status of each recipient of unemployment benefits under this chapter, and a statement of such recipient's rights to further benefits under this chapter; (18) Make such investigations, secure and transmit such information, make available such services and facilities, and exercise such of the other powers provided by this section with respect to the administration of this chapter, as the director deems necessary or appropriate to facilitate the administration of the unemployment compensation law or public employment service laws of this state and of other states and the United States, and in like manner accept and utilize information, services, and facilities made available to this state by the agency charged with the administration of any such other unemployment compensation or public employment service laws; (19) Enter into or cooperate in arrangements whereby facilities and services provided under the unemployment compensation law of Canada may be utilized for the taking of claims and the payment of benefits under the unemployment compensation law of this state or under a similar law of Canada; (20) Transfer surplus computers and computer equipment directly to a chartered public school within the state, notwithstanding sections 125.12 to 125.14 of the Revised Code. The computers and computer equipment may be repaired or refurbished prior to the transfer, and the public school may be charged a service fee not to exceed the direct cost of repair or refurbishing. (B)(1) The director shall do all of the following: (a) Develop a written strategic staffing plan to be implemented whenever there is a substantial increase or a substantial decrease in the number of inquiries or claims for benefits and review the plan in accordance with division (B)(3) of this section; (b) Create, in a single place on the web site maintained by the director, a list of all of the points of contact through which an applicant for or a recipient of benefits under this chapter or an employer may submit inquiries related to this chapter; (c) Adopt rules creating a uniform process through which an applicant for or a recipient of benefits under this chapter or an employer may submit a complaint related to the service the applicant, recipient, or employer received. (2) The director shall include all of the following in the plan required under division (B)(1)(a) of this section: (a) An explanation of how, if at all, the director will utilize employees employed by the director who do not ordinarily perform services related to unemployment compensation; (b) An explanation of how, if at all, the director will utilize employees employed by other state agencies; (c) An explanation of how, if at all, the director will utilize employees provided by private entities. (3) For purposes of division (B)(1)(a) of this section, the director shall develop the initial plan required under that division and, not later than the date that is six months after the first meeting of the unemployment compensation modernization and improvement council, provide it to the council, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the governor. The director shall review the plan at least once a year. If, after reviewing the plan, the director determines that the plan should be revised, the director shall revise the plan. After each review of the plan required under this division, the director shall provide the most recent version of the plan to the council, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the governor. The director shall post the most recent version of the plan on a publicly viewable web site maintained by the director.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4127.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4127 / § 4127.13
§ 4127.13. Application of workers' compensation law
Status: in_force

October 20, 1993 House Bill 107 - 120th General Assembly Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code, except sections 4123.512 , 4123.62 , and 4123.64 of the Revised Code, apply to this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4121.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4121 / § 4121.01
§ 4121.01. Industrial commission - bureau of workers' compensation definitions
Status: in_force

July 3, 2019 House Bill 62 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in sections 4121.01 to 4121.29 of the Revised Code: (1) "Place of employment" means every place, whether indoors or out, or underground, and the premises appurtenant thereto, where either temporarily or permanently any industry, trade, or business is carried on, or where any process or operation, directly or indirectly related to any industry, trade, or business, is carried on and where any person is directly or indirectly employed by another for direct or indirect gain or profit, but does not include any place where persons are employed in private domestic service or agricultural pursuits which do not involve the use of mechanical power. (2) "Employment" means any trade, occupation, or process of manufacture or any method of carrying on such trade, occupation, or process of manufacture in which any person may be engaged, except in such private domestic service or agricultural pursuits as do not involve the use of mechanical power. (3) "Employer" means every person, firm, corporation, agent, manager, representative, or other person having control or custody of any employment, place of employment, or employee. "Employer" does not include a franchisor with respect to the franchisor's relationship with a franchisee or an employee of a franchisee, unless the franchisor agrees to assume that role in writing or a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the franchisor exercises a type or degree of control over the franchisee or the franchisee's employees that is not customarily exercised by a franchisor for the purpose of protecting the franchisor's trademark, brand, or both. For purposes of this division, "franchisor" and "franchisee" have the same meanings as in 16 C.F.R. 436.1. (4)(a) "Employee" means a person who may be required or directed by any employer, in consideration of direct or indirect gain or profit, to engage in any employment, or to go, or work, or be at any time in any place of employment, including a person described in division (A)(4)(b) of this section if a motor carrier elects to consider the person to be an employee. (b) "Employee" does not include a person who operates a vehicle or vessel in the performance of services for or on behalf of a motor carrier transporting property and to whom all of the following factors apply: (i) The person owns the vehicle or vessel that is used in performing the services for or on behalf of the carrier, or the person leases the vehicle or vessel under a bona fide lease agreement that is not a temporary replacement lease agreement. For purposes of this division, a bona fide lease agreement does not include an agreement between the person and the motor carrier transporting property for which, or on whose behalf, the person provides services. (ii) The person is responsible for supplying the necessary personal services to operate the vehicle or vessel used to provide the service. (iii) The compensation paid to the person is based on factors related to work performed, including on a mileage-based rate or a percentage of any schedule of rates, and not solely on the basis of the hours or time expended. (iv) The person substantially controls the means and manner of performing the services, in conformance with regulatory requirements and specifications of the shipper. (v) The person enters into a written contract with the carrier for whom the person is performing the services that describes the relationship between the person and the carrier to be that of an independent contractor and not that of an employee. (vi) The person is responsible for substantially all of the principal operating costs of the vehicle or vessel and equipment used to provide the services, including maintenance, fuel, repairs, supplies, vehicle or vessel insurance, and personal expenses, except that the person may be paid by the carrier the carrier's fuel surcharge and incidental costs, including tolls, permits, and lumper fees. (vii) The person is responsible for any economic loss or economic gain from the arrangement with the carrier. (5) "Frequenter" means every person, other than an employee, who may go in or be in a place of employment under circumstances which render the person other than a trespasser. (6) "Deputy" means any person employed by the industrial commission or the bureau of workers' compensation, designated as a deputy by the commission or the administrator of workers' compensation, who possesses special, technical, scientific, managerial, professional, or personal abilities or qualities in matters within the jurisdiction of the commission or the bureau, and who may be engaged in the performance of duties under the direction of the commission or the bureau calling for the exercise of such abilities or qualities. (7) "Order" means any decision, rule, regulation, direction, requirement, or standard, or any other determination or decision that the bureau is empowered to and does make. (8) "General order" means an order that applies generally throughout the state to all persons, employments, or places of employment, or all persons, employments, or places of employment of a class under the jurisdiction of the bureau. All other orders shall be considered special orders. (9) "Local order" means any ordinance, order, rule, or determination of the legislative authority of any municipal corporation, or any trustees, or board or officers of any municipal corporation upon any matter over which the bureau has jurisdiction. (10) "Welfare" means comfort, decency, and moral well-being. (11) "Safe" or "safety," as applied to any employment or a place of employment, means such freedom from danger to the life, health, safety, or welfare of employees or frequenters as the nature of the employment will reasonably permit, including requirements as to the hours of labor with relation to the health and welfare of employees. (12) "Employee organization" means any labor or bona fide organization in which employees participate and that exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, hours, terms, and other conditions of employment. (13) "Motor carrier" has the same meaning as in section 4923.01 of the Revised Code. (B) As used in the Revised Code: (1) "Industrial commission" means the chairperson of the three-member industrial commission created pursuant to section 4121.02 of the Revised Code when the context refers to the authority vested in the chairperson as the chief executive officer of the three-member industrial commission pursuant to divisions (A), (B), (C), and (D) of section 4121.03 of the Revised Code. (2) "Industrial commission" means the three-member industrial commission created pursuant to section 4121.02 of the Revised Code when the context refers to the authority vested in the three-member industrial commission pursuant to division (E) of section 4121.03 of the Revised Code. (3) "Industrial commission" means the industrial commission as a state agency when the context refers to the authority vested in the industrial commission as a state agency.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.75 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4123 / § 4123.75
§ 4123.75. Remedy of employee against noncomplying employer
Status: in_force

October 20, 1993 House Bill 107 - 120th General Assembly Any employee whose employer has failed to comply with section 4123.35 of the Revised Code, who has been injured or has suffered an occupational disease in the course of his employment, which was not purposely self-inflicted, or his dependents in case death has ensued, may file his application with the industrial commission or the bureau of workers' compensation for compensation and the administrator of workers' compensation shall determine the application for compensation in like manner as in other claims and shall make an award to the claimant as he would be entitled to receive if the employer had complied with section 4123.35 of the Revised Code. Payment of the claim shall be made promptly from the statutory surplus fund. Payment shall not bar any action under section 4123.77 of the Revised Code. If a recovery is made in an action under section 4123.77 of the Revised Code any funds paid from the state insurance fund under this section shall be repaid by the claimant. The administrator shall institute proceedings to recover from the employer any moneys paid from the surplus fund and to secure the employer's payment of the award. The employer shall pay the award in the manner and amount fixed thereby or shall furnish to the bureau a bond, in an amount and with sureties as the bureau requires, to pay the employee the award in the manner and amount fixed thereby. An order of the administrator issued under this section is appealable pursuant to section 4123.511 and 4123.512 of the Revised Code. In the event payments are made to a claimant which should not have been made under the final decision in the appeal of the claim, the amount of the payments shall be charged to the surplus fund created under division (B) of section 4123.34 of the Revised Code. In the event recovery is made from the noncomplying employer, the sums that are recovered shall be paid into the surplus fund. If the employer fails to pay the compensation to the person entitled thereto, or fails to furnish the bond, within a period of ten days after notification of the award, the award constitutes a liquidated claim for damages against the employer in the amount ascertained and fixed by the administrator or commission, and the administrator shall certify the same to the attorney general who shall forthwith institute a civil action against the employer in the name of the state for the collection of the award. In the action it is sufficient for the plaintiff to set forth a copy of the record of proceedings of the commission or bureau relative to the claims certified by the administrator to the attorney general and to state that there is due to plaintiff on account of the finding and award of the commission or bureau a specified sum which plaintiff claims with interest. A certified copy of the record of proceedings in the claim shall be attached to the complaint and constitutes prima-facie evidence of the truth of the facts therein contained. Further proceedings shall be as provided in the Rules of Civil Procedure. As soon as the issues are made up in any such case, it shall be placed at the head of the trial docket and shall be first in order for trial. The cause of action provided in this section and the cause of action provided by section 4123.37 of the Revised Code may be joined in one action against an employer, and the amount of any premium paid or recovered from the employer for the period not exceeding six months during which the injury or disease, or injury or disease resulting in death, occurred shall be credited against the amount of any judgment for compensation recovered pursuant to this section. The amount recovered in the action from the employer shall be paid into the surplus fund created under division (B) of section 4123.34 of the Revised Code up to the amount paid out of the surplus fund and the balance into the state insurance fund. Any employee of a self-insuring employer, in the event of the failure of his employer to pay the compensation or furnish the medical, surgical, nursing, and hospital services and attention or funeral expenses, may file his application with the commission or the bureau for the purpose of having the amount of the compensation and the medical, surgical, nursing, and hospital services and attention or funeral expenses determined; and thereupon like proceedings shall be had before the bureau and with like effect as provided in this section. The administrator shall adopt and publish rules governing the procedure before the bureau and commission provided in this section and shall prescribe the form of notices and the manner of serving the same in all claims for compensation arising under this section. Any suit, action, proceeding, or award brought or made against any employer under this section may be compromised by the administrator, or the suit, action, or proceeding may be prosecuted to final judgment as in the administrator's discretion may best subserve the interests of the state insurance fund. A final judgment against the employer recovered in the manner provided in this section entitles the claimant to the compensation provided in this chapter for the injury, occupational disease, or death and the compensation shall be paid from the surplus fund created by section 4123.34 of the Revised Code, and any sum recovered on account of the judgment shall be paid to the bureau and credited to the fund the administrator designates.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4117.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4117 / § 4117.24
§ 4117.24. Training and publications fund
Status: in_force

July 17, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly (A) The training, publications, and grants fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The state employment relations board shall deposit into the training, publications, and grants fund all moneys received from the following sources: (1) Payments received by the state employment relations board for copies of documents, rulebooks, and other publications; (2) Fees received from seminar participants; (3) Receipts from the sale of clearinghouse data; (4) Moneys received from grants, donations, awards, bequests, gifts, reimbursements, and similar funds; (5) Reimbursement received for professional services and expenses related to professional services; (6) Funds received to support the development of labor relations services and programs; (7) Moneys received by the state personnel board of review pursuant to division (C) of section 124.03 of the Revised Code. (B) The state employment relations board shall use all moneys deposited into the training, publications, and grants fund to defray all of the following: (1) The costs of furnishing and making available copies of documents, rulebooks, and other publications; (2) The costs of planning, organizing, and conducting training seminars; (3) The costs associated with grant projects, innovative labor-management cooperation programs, research projects related to these grants and programs, and the advancement in professionalism of public sector relations; (4) The professional development of state employment relations board employees; (5) The costs of compiling clearinghouse data; (6) The cost of producing the administrative record of the state personnel board of review. The state employment relations board may seek, solicit, apply for, receive, and accept grants, gifts, and contributions of money, property, labor, and other things of value to be held for, used for, and applied to only the purpose for which the grants, gifts, and contributions are made, from individuals, private and public corporations, the United States or any agency thereof, the state or any agency thereof, and any political subdivision of the state, and may enter into any contract with any such public or private source in connection therewith to be held for, used for, and applied to only the purposes for which such grants are made and contracts are entered into, all subject to and in accordance with the purposes of this chapter. Any money received from the grants, gifts, contributions, or contracts shall be deposited into the training, publications, and grants fund. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 4104.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4104 / § 4104.32
§ 4104.32. Operating historical boiler in place open to public
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly Except as provided pursuant to section 4104.37 of the Revised Code, no person shall operate a historical boiler in this state in a place that is open to the public unless both of the following requirements are satisfied: (A) The person operating the boiler is licensed under section 4104.35 of the Revised Code. (B) The owner of the boiler holds a current valid certificate of operation for the historical boiler pursuant to section 4104.36 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 19, 2021 at 3:18 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4139.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4139 / § 4139.03
§ 4139.03. Apprenticeship council - powers and duties
Status: in_force

September 24, 2012 Senate Bill 316 - 129th General Assembly The apprenticeship council may recommend minimum standards for apprenticeship programs and may formulate policies and recommend rules as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this chapter. The council shall determine the date and place of its meetings and shall prescribe its own rules of procedure.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4105.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4105 / § 4105.19
§ 4105.19. Applicability of sections
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Sections 4105.01 to 4105.21 , inclusive, of the Revised Code do not prevent the inspection of elevators by dealers in elevators or elevator equipment. An inspector by or in behalf of such dealer is not a general or special inspector within such sections. Such sections do not affect the rights of municipal corporations under section 715.26 of the Revised Code, except as specifically provided in such sections. Sections 4105.01 to 4105.21 , inclusive, of the Revised Code do not apply to municipal corporations authorized by Section 3 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution, to adopt police regulations which, after August 31, 1939, provide for the regular inspection of elevators as provided by law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4121.442 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4121 / § 4121.442
§ 4121.442. Health care quality advisory council
Status: in_force

June 27, 2005 Senate Bill 124 - 126th General Assembly (A) The administrator of workers' compensation shall develop standards for qualification of health care plans of the Ohio workers' compensation qualified health plan system to provide medical, surgical, nursing, drug, hospital, and rehabilitation services and supplies to an employee for an injury or occupational disease that is compensable under this chapter or Chapter 4123., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code. In adopting the standards, the administrator shall use nationally recognized accreditation standards. The standards the administrator adopts must provide that a qualified plan provides for all of the following: (1) Criteria for selective contracting of health care providers; (2) Adequate plan structure and financial stability; (3) Procedures for the resolution of medical disputes between an employee and an employer, an employee and a provider, or an employer and a provider, prior to an appeal under section 4123.511 of the Revised Code; (4) Authorize employees who are dissatisfied with the health care services of the employer's qualified plan and do not wish to obtain treatment under the provisions of this section, to request the administrator for referral to a health care provider in the bureau's health care partnership program. The administrator must refer all requesting employees into the health care partnership program. (5) Does not discriminate against any category of health care provider; (6) Provide a procedure for reporting injuries to the bureau of workers' compensation and to employers by providers within the qualified plan; (7) Provide appropriate financial incentives to reduce service costs and utilization without sacrificing the quality of service; (8) Provide adequate methods of peer review, utilization review, quality assurance, and dispute resolution to prevent and provide sanctions for inappropriate, excessive, or not medically necessary treatment; (9) Provide a timely and accurate method of reporting to the administrator necessary information regarding medical and health care service and supply costs, quality, and utilization to enable the administrator to determine the effectiveness of the plan; (10) Authorize necessary emergency medical treatment for an injury or occupational disease provided by a health care provider who is not a part of the qualified health care plan; (11) Provide an employee the right to change health care providers within the qualified health care plan; (12) Provide for standardized data and reporting requirements; (13) Authorize necessary medical treatment for employees who work in Ohio but reside in another state. (B) Health care plans that meet the approved qualified health plan standards shall be considered qualified plans and are eligible to become part of the Ohio workers' compensation qualified health plan system. Any employer or group of employers may provide medical, surgical, nursing, drug, hospital, and rehabilitation services and supplies to an employee for an injury or occupational disease that is compensable under this chapter or Chapter 4123., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code through a qualified health plan.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4104.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4104 / § 4104.03
§ 4104.03. Rights of municipal corporations
Status: in_force

October 15, 1965 House Bill 636 - 106th General Assembly Sections 4104.01 to 4104.20 , inclusive, of the Revised Code do not affect the rights of municipal corporations under section 715.44 of the Revised Code insofar as such section provides for the regulation of the installation and inspection of boilers and boiler plants for the purpose of the prevention of the emission of smoke.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4167.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4167 / § 4167.16
§ 4167.16. Appeal to court of common pleas
Status: in_force

June 21, 2005 House Bill 67 - 126th General Assembly (A) Any party who is adversely affected by a final order of the administrator of workers' compensation issued pursuant to division (G) of section 4167.10 or section 4167.15 of the Revised Code, and who has exhausted all administrative appeals from such order may appeal the order, within thirty days after the issuance of a final order, to the court of common pleas of Franklin county or to the court of common pleas of the county in which the alleged violation occurred. If the court finds an undue hardship to the appellant will result from the enforcement of the order pending determination of the appeal, the court may grant a suspension of the order and fix the terms thereof. (B)(1) The court shall conduct a hearing on the appeal filed under division (A) of this section and shall give preference to all proceedings under this section over all other civil cases, irrespective of the position of the proceedings on the calendar of the court. The hearing shall proceed as in the case of a civil action, and the court shall determine the rights of the parties in accordance with the laws applicable to the action. (2) The court shall affirm the order of the administrator if it finds, upon consideration of the record as a whole, and additional evidence as the court has admitted, that the order is supported by reliable, probative, and substantial evidence and is in accordance with law. In absence of that finding, the court shall reverse, vacate, or modify the order or make such other ruling as is supported by reliable, probative, and substantial evidence and is in accordance with law. The judgment of the court is final and conclusive, unless reversed, vacated, or modified on appeal. Any party may appeal as provided in Chapter 2505. of the Revised Code. (C) No person who has failed to exhaust all of the administrative appeals provided in this chapter may file an appeal of a final order of the administrator under division (A) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4165.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4165 / § 4165.02
§ 4165.02. Deceptive trade practice actions
Status: in_force

March 30, 1999 Senate Bill 173 - 122nd General Assembly (A) A person engages in a deceptive trade practice when, in the course of the person's business, vocation, or occupation, the person does any of the following: (1) Passes off goods or services as those of another; (2) Causes likelihood of confusion or misunderstanding as to the source, sponsorship, approval, or certification of goods or services; (3) Causes likelihood of confusion or misunderstanding as to affiliation, connection, or association with, or certification by, another; (4) Uses deceptive representations or designations of geographic origin in connection with goods or services; (5) Lists a fictitious business name in a local telephone directory that is published on or after the effective date of this amendment, in circumstances in which all of the following apply: (a) The person's fictitious business name is not registered as a trade name with, or its use as a fictitious name has not been reported to, the secretary of state under sections 1329.01 to 1329.10 of the Revised Code. (b) The person's listed fictitious business name misrepresents the geographic location of the person, because that name includes a reference to a political subdivision or another geographic area of this state, the person does not have business premises in that political subdivision or other geographic area from which the person sells, leases, rents, or otherwise provides particular goods or services in this state, and the person's use of that name causes a likelihood of confusion or misunderstanding by consumers as to the geographic location with which the consumers are dealing in the purchase, lease, rental, or other provision of, or will be dealing in the resolution of problems that may arise in connection with, particular goods or services. (c) The local telephone directory listing of the person's fictitious business name does not identify the political subdivision and, if the person is not located in this state, the state in which are located the person's business premises with which consumers are dealing in the purchase, lease, rental, or other provision of, or will be dealing in the resolution of problems that may arise in connection with, particular goods or services. (d) Telephone calls to the local telephone number listed for the person's fictitious business name routinely are forwarded or otherwise transferred to business premises of the person that are located outside the calling area covered by the local telephone directory. (6) Lists a fictitious business name in a directory assistance database on or after the effective date of this amendment, the circumstances described in divisions (A)(5)(a) and (b) of this section apply regarding the person's listed fictitious business name, and telephone calls to the local telephone number listed for the person's fictitious business name routinely are forwarded or otherwise transferred to business premises of the person that are located outside the local calling area; (7) Represents that goods or services have sponsorship, approval, characteristics, ingredients, uses, benefits, or quantities that they do not have or that a person has a sponsorship, approval, status, affiliation, or connection that the person does not have; (8) Represents that goods are original or new if they are deteriorated, altered, reconditioned, reclaimed, used, or secondhand; (9) Represents that goods or services are of a particular standard, quality, or grade, or that goods are of a particular style or model, if they are of another; (10) Disparages the goods, services, or business of another by false representation of fact; (11) Advertises goods or services with intent not to sell them as advertised; (12) Makes false statements of fact concerning the reasons for, existence of, or amounts of price reductions; (13) Advertises goods or services with intent not to supply reasonably expectable public demand, unless the advertisement discloses a limitation of quantity. (B) In order to prevail in a civil action under section 4165.03 of the Revised Code that seeks injunctive relief or an award of damages and that is based on one or more deceptive trade practices listed in division (A) of this section, a complainant need not prove competition between the parties to the civil action. (C) This section does not affect unfair trade practices that are otherwise actionable at common law or under other sections of the Revised Code. (D) A telephone company, provider of directory assistance, publisher of a local telephone directory, or officer, employee, or agent of the company, provider, or publisher shall not be liable in a civil action under section 4165.03 of the Revised Code for publishing in any directory or directory assistance database the listing of a fictitious business name of a person who commits a deceptive trade practice that is listed in division (A) of this section unless the telephone company, provider of directory assistance, publisher of a local telephone directory, or officer, employee, or agent of the company, provider, or publisher is the person who committed the deceptive trade practice listed in division (A) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4117.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4117 / § 4117.19
§ 4117.19. Employee organization reports
Status: in_force

March 24, 2008 House Bill 372 - 127th General Assembly (A) Every employee organization that is certified or recognized as a representative of public employees under this chapter shall file with the state employment relations board a registration report that is signed by its president or other appropriate officer. The report shall be in a form prescribed by the board and accompanied by two copies of the employee organization's constitution and bylaws. The board shall accept a filing by a statewide, national, or international employee organization of its constitution and bylaws in lieu of a filing of the documents by each subordinate organization. The exclusive representative or other employee organization originally filing its constitution and bylaws shall report, promptly, to the board all changes or amendments to its constitution and bylaws. (B) Every employee organization shall file with the board an annual report. The report shall be in a form prescribed by the board and shall contain the following information: (1) The names and addresses of the organization, any parent organization or organizations with which it is affiliated, and all organizationwide officers; (2) The name and address of its local agent for service of process; (3) A general description of the public employees the organization represents or seeks to represent; (4) The amounts of the initiation fee and monthly dues members must pay; (5) A pledge, in a form prescribed by the board, that the organization will comply with the laws of the state and that it will accept members without regard to age, race, color, sex, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability as defined in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code, military status as defined in that section, or physical disability as provided by law: (6) A financial report. (C) The constitution or bylaws of every employee organization shall do all of the following: (1) Require that the organization keep accurate accounts of all income and expenses, prepare an annual financial report, keep open for inspection by any member of the organization its accounts, and make loans to officers and agents only on terms and conditions available to all members; (2) Prohibit business or financial interests of its officers and agents, their spouses, minor children, parents, or otherwise, in conflict with the fiduciary obligation of such persons to the organization; (3) When specifically requested by the board, require every official who is designated as a fiscal officer of an employee organization and who is responsible for funds or other property of the organization or trust in which an organization is interested, or a subsidiary organization be bonded with the amount, scope, and form of the bond determined by the board; (4) Require periodic elections of officers by secret ballot subject to recognized safeguards concerning the equal right of all members to nominate, seek office, and vote in the elections, the right of individual members to participate in the affairs of the organization, and fair and equitable procedures in disciplinary actions. (D) The board shall prescribe rules necessary to govern the establishment and reporting of trusteeships over employee organizations. The establishment of trusteeships is permissible only if the constitution or bylaws of the organization set forth reasonable procedures. (E) The board may withhold certification of an employee organization that willfully refuses to register or file an annual report or that willfully refuses to comply with other provisions of this section. The board may revoke a certification of an employee organization for willfully failing to comply with this section. The board may enforce the prohibitions contained in this section by petitioning the court of common pleas of the county in which the violation occurs for an injunction. Persons complaining of a violation of this section shall file the complaint with the board. (F) Upon the written request to the board of any member of a certified employee organization and where the board determines the necessity for an audit, the board may require the employee organization to provide a certified audit of its financial records. (G) Any employee organization subject to the "Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959," 73 Stat. 519, 29 U.S.C.A., 401, as amended, may file copies with the board of all reports it is required to file under that act in lieu of compliance with all parts of this section other than division (A) of this section. The board shall accept a filing by a statewide, national, or international employee organization of its reports in lieu of a filing of such reports by each subordinate organization.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4141.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4141 / § 4141.30
§ 4141.30. Paying benefits
Status: in_force

March 28, 2017 Senate Bill 235 - 131st General Assembly (A) All benefits shall be paid through public employment offices in accordance with such rules as the director of job and family services prescribes. (B) With the exceptions in division (B)(4) of this section, benefits are payable to each eligible and qualified individual on account of each week of involuntary total unemployment after the specified waiting period at the weekly benefit amount determined by: (1) Computing the individual's average weekly wage as defined in division (O)(2) of section 4141.01 of the Revised Code; (2) Determining the individual's dependency class under division (E) of this section; (3) Computing the individual's weekly benefit amount to be fifty per cent of the individual's average weekly wage except, that the individual's weekly benefit amount shall not exceed the maximum amount shown for the individual's dependency class in the following table: Dependency Class Maximum Weekly Benefit Amount A $147 B 223 C 233 Effective Sunday of the calendar week in which January 1, 1988, occurs and on each similar day of each year thereafter, the current maximum weekly benefit amount for each dependency class shall be adjusted based on the statewide average weekly wage. Any percentage increase in such statewide average weekly wage between the wage computed for the current year and the wage computed for the preceding year shall be used to increase the maximum amounts then in effect by the same percentage. Such increased amounts will be effective with respect to applications for benefit rights filed during the fifty-two consecutive calendar weeks beginning with such Sunday date. The director shall calculate the statewide average weekly wage based on the average weekly earnings of all workers in employment subject to this chapter during the preceding twelve-month period ending the thirtieth day of June. The calculation shall be made in the following manner: (a) The sum of the total monthly employment reported for the previous twelve-month period shall be divided by twelve to determine the average monthly employment; (b) The sum of the total wages reported for the previous twelve-month period shall be divided by the average monthly employment to determine the average annual wage; (c) The average annual wage shall be divided by fifty-two to determine the statewide average weekly wage. In the computation of the weekly benefit amount, any resulting amount not a multiple of one dollar shall be rounded to the next lower multiple of one dollar. In the computation of the adjusted maximum benefit amounts, based on the statewide average weekly wage, any resulting amount not a multiple of one dollar shall be rounded to the next lower multiple of one dollar. (4) Effective Sunday of the calendar week in which January 1, occurs for calendar years 1988 through 1993, the maximum weekly benefit amount payable for an individual's dependency class for those years shall be computed in accordance with this division, with an additional increase added to the prior year's increase equal to one-sixth of total percentage increase that otherwise would have been available in calendar years 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1987, if in those years an adjustment in the maximum weekly benefit amount would have been made pursuant to this division. (5) Effective Sunday of the calendar week in which January 1, 1991, occurs, the maximum weekly benefit amounts computed under divisions (B)(3) and (4) of this section shall not exceed the following amounts: (a) For dependency class A, fifty per cent of the statewide average weekly wage; (b) For dependency class B, sixty per cent of the statewide average weekly wage; (c) For dependency class C, sixty-six and two-thirds per cent of the statewide average weekly wage. Division (B)(5) of this section applies to all new claims filed on and after the Sunday of the calendar week in which January 1, 1991, occurs, provided that the maximum weekly benefit amounts established for the dependency classes prior to such date apply to all claims until the maximum weekly benefit amounts as determined pursuant to division (B)(5) of this section equal or exceed the maximum weekly benefit amounts in effect prior to such date. (6) For the time period beginning on January 1, 2018, and ending January 1, 2020, no individual's weekly benefit amount shall exceed the maximum weekly benefit amounts in effect on the effective date of this section. (C) Benefits are payable to each partially unemployed individual otherwise eligible on account of each week of involuntary partial unemployment after the specified waiting period in an amount equal to the individual's weekly benefit amount less that part of the remuneration payable to the individual with respect to such week which is in excess of twenty per cent of the individual's weekly benefit amount, and the resulting amount rounded to the next lower multiple of one dollar. (D) The total benefits to which an individual is entitled in any benefit year, whether for partial or total unemployment, or both, shall not exceed the lesser of the following two amounts: (1) an amount equal to twenty-six times the individual's weekly benefit amount determined in accordance with division (B) of this section and this division, or (2) an amount computed by taking the sum of twenty times the individual's weekly benefit amount for the first twenty base period qualifying weeks plus one times the weekly benefit amount for each additional qualifying week beyond the first twenty qualifying weeks in the individual's base period. (E) Each eligible and qualified individual shall be assigned a dependency class in accordance with the following schedule: Class Description of Dependents A No dependents, or has insufficient wages to qualify for more than the maximum weekly benefit amount as provided under dependency class A B One or two dependents C Three or more dependents As used in this division "dependent" means: (1) Any natural child, stepchild, or adopted child of the individual claiming benefits for whom such individual at the beginning of the individual's current benefit year is supplying and for at least ninety consecutive days, or for the duration of the parental relationship if it existed less than ninety days, immediately preceding the beginning of such benefit year, has supplied more than one-half of the cost of support and if such child on the beginning date of such benefit year was under eighteen years of age, or if unable to work because of permanent physical or mental disability; (2) The legally married wife or husband of the individual claiming benefits for whom more than one-half the cost of support has been supplied by such individual for at least ninety consecutive days, or for the duration of the marital relationship if it has existed for less than ninety days, immediately preceding the beginning of such individual's current benefit year and such wife or husband was living with such individual and had an average weekly income, in such period, not in excess of twenty-five per cent of the claimant's average weekly wage. (3) If both the husband and wife qualify for benefit rights with overlapping benefit years, only one of them may qualify for a dependency class other than A. Last updated June 3, 2022 at 5:06 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4115.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4115 / § 4115.14
§ 4115.14. Written notice of noncompliance
Status: in_force

July 1, 2000 House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly If it is found that a person, public authority, or prevailing wage coordinator has not complied with sections 4115.03 to 4115.16 of the Revised Code, the director of commerce shall give notice thereof in writing to such person or public authority pursuant to section 4115.15 of the Revised Code. Sufficient time shall be allowed for compliance therewith as the director deems necessary not to exceed thirty days from the date of notice. At the expiration of the time prescribed in such notice, the director shall in writing inform the attorney general of the fact that such notice has been given and that the person, public authority, or prevailing wage coordinator to whom it was directed has not complied with such notice. On receipt thereof, the attorney general shall bring suit in the name of the state in the court of common pleas of the county in which such person, public authority, or prevailing wage coordinator is located to enjoin the awarding of such contract for a public improvement or if the contract has already been awarded to enjoin further work under the contract until the requirements of such notice are complied with. The court may issue a temporary restraining order without notice to the defendant in such action. Upon final hearing thereof, if the court is satisfied that the requirements of the notice by the director to the defendant was not unreasonable or arbitrary, it shall issue an order enjoining the defendant from awarding such contract for a public improvement or continuing work under the contract until the notice is complied with. Such injunctions shall continue operative until the court is satisfied that the requirements of such notice have been complied with and the court shall have and exercise with respect to the enforcement of such injunctions all the power invested in it in other similar cases. Both the plaintiff and defendant in such action have the same rights of appeal as are provided by law in other injunction cases.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4111.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4111 / § 4111.02
§ 4111.02. Wage rates
Status: in_force

March 21, 2017 Senate Bill 331 - 131st General Assembly Every employer, as defined in Section 34a of Article II, Ohio Constitution, shall pay each of the employer's employees at a wage rate of not less than the wage rate specified in Section 34a of Article II, Ohio Constitution. The director of commerce annually shall adjust the wage rate as specified in Section 34a of Article II, Ohio Constitution. No political subdivision shall establish a minimum wage rate different from the wage rate required under this section. As used in this section, "employee" has the same meaning as in section 4111.14 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4109.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4109 / § 4109.07
§ 4109.07. Restrictions on hours of employment
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) No person under sixteen years of age shall be employed: (1) During school hours except where specifically permitted by this chapter; (2) Before seven a.m.; (3) After nine p.m. from the first day of June to the first day of September or during any school holiday of five school days or more duration, or after seven p.m. at any other time; (4) For more than three hours a day in any school day; (5) For more than eighteen hours in any week while school is in session; (6) For more than eight hours in any day which is not a school day; (7) For more than forty hours in any week that school is not in session. (B) No person under sixteen years of age may be employed more than forty hours in any one week nor during school hours unless employment is incidental to bona fide programs of vocational cooperative training, work-study, or other work- oriented programs with the purpose of educating students, and the program meets standards established by the department of education and workforce. (C) No employer shall employ a minor more than five consecutive hours without allowing the minor a rest period of at least thirty minutes. The rest period need not be included in the computation of the number of hours worked by the minor. (D) No person sixteen or seventeen years of age who is required to attend school under Chapter 3321. of the Revised Code shall be employed: (1) Before seven a.m. on any day that school is in session, except such person may be employed after six a.m. if the person was not employed after eight p.m. the previous night; (2) After eleven p.m. on any night preceding a day that school is in session. (E) As used in this section, "school" refers to either a school the child actually attends or a school he is required to attend pursuant to Chapter 3321. of the Revised Code. Last updated September 12, 2023 at 11:00 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4112.021 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4112 / § 4112.021
§ 4112.021. Unlawful discriminatory practice of creditor
Status: in_force

March 24, 2008 House Bill 372 - 127th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Credit" means the right granted by a creditor to a person to defer payment of a debt, to incur debt and defer its payment, or to purchase property or services and defer payment for the property or services. (2) "Creditor" means any person who regularly extends, renews, or continues credit, any person who regularly arranges for the extension, renewal, or continuation of credit, or any assignee of an original creditor who participates in the decision to extend, renew, or continue credit, whether or not any interest or finance charge is required. (3) "Credit reporting agency" means any person who, for monetary fees or dues or on a cooperative nonprofit basis, regularly assembles or evaluates credit information for the purpose of furnishing credit reports to creditors. (4) "Age" means any age of eighteen years or older. (B) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice: (1) For any creditor to do any of the following: (a) Discriminate against any applicant for credit in the granting, withholding, extending, or renewing of credit, or in the fixing of the rates, terms, or conditions of any form of credit, on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, military status, marital status, national origin, disability, or ancestry, except that this division shall not apply with respect to age in any real estate transaction between a financial institution, a dealer in intangibles, or an insurance company as defined in section 5725.01 of the Revised Code and its customers; (b) Use or make any inquiry as to race, color, religion, age, sex, military status, marital status, national origin, disability, or ancestry for the purpose of limiting or specifying those persons to whom credit will be granted, except that an inquiry of marital status does not constitute discrimination for the purposes of this section if the inquiry is made for the purpose of ascertaining the creditor's rights and remedies applicable to the particular extension of credit, and except that creditors are excepted from this division with respect to any inquiry, elicitation of information, record, or form of application required of a particular creditor by any instrumentality or agency of the United States, or required of a particular creditor by any agency or instrumentality to enforce the "Civil Rights Act of 1968," 82 Stat. 84, 85, 42 U.S.C.A. 3608(c); (c) Refuse to consider the sources of income of an applicant for credit, or disregard or ignore the income of an applicant, in whole or in part, on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, military status, marital status, disability, national origin, or ancestry; (d) Refuse to grant credit to an individual in any name that individual customarily uses, if it has been determined in the normal course of business that the creditor will grant credit to the individual; (e) Impose any special requirements or conditions, including, but not limited to, a requirement for co-obligors or reapplication, upon any applicant or class of applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, military status, marital status, national origin, disability, or ancestry in circumstances where similar requirements or conditions are not imposed on other applicants similarly situated, unless the special requirements or conditions that are imposed with respect to age are the result of a real estate transaction exempted under division (B)(1)(a) of this section or are the result of programs that grant preferences to certain age groups administered by instrumentalities or agencies of the United States, a state, or a political subdivision of a state; (f) Fail or refuse to provide an applicant for credit a written statement of the specific reasons for rejection of the application if requested in writing by the applicant within sixty days of the rejection. The creditor shall provide the written statement of the specific reason for rejection within thirty days after receipt of a request of that nature. For purposes of this section, a statement that the applicant was rejected solely on the basis of information received from a credit reporting agency or because the applicant failed to meet the standards required by the creditor's credit scoring system, uniformly applied, shall constitute a specific reason for rejection. (g) Fail or refuse to print on or firmly attach to each application for credit, in a type size no smaller than that used throughout most of the application form, the following notice: "The Ohio laws against discrimination require that all creditors make credit equally available to all credit worthy customers, and that credit reporting agencies maintain separate credit histories on each individual upon request. The Ohio civil rights commission administers compliance with this law." This notice is not required to be included in applications that have a multi-state distribution if the notice is mailed to the applicant with the notice of acceptance or rejection of the application. (h) Fail or refuse on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, military status, marital status, national origin, disability, or ancestry to maintain, upon the request of the individual, a separate account for each individual to whom credit is extended; (i) Fail or refuse on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, military status, marital status, national origin, disability, or ancestry to maintain records on any account established after November 1, 1976, to furnish information on the accounts to credit reporting agencies in a manner that clearly designates the contractual liability for repayment as indicated on the application for the account, and, if more than one individual is contractually liable for repayment, to maintain records and furnish information in the name of each individual. This division does not apply to individuals who are contractually liable only if the primary party defaults on the account. (2) For any credit reporting agency to do any of the following: (a) Fail or refuse on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, military status, marital status, national origin, disability, or ancestry to maintain, upon the request of the individual, a separate file on each individual about whom information is assembled or evaluated; (b) Fail or refuse on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, military status, marital status, national origin, disability, or ancestry to clearly note, maintain, and report any information furnished it under division (B)(1)(i) of this section. (C) This section does not prohibit a creditor from requesting the signature of both spouses to create a valid lien, pass clear title, or waive inchoate rights to property. (D) The rights granted by this section may be enforced by aggrieved individuals by filing a civil action in a court of common pleas within one hundred eighty days after the alleged unlawful discriminatory practice occurred. Upon application by the plaintiff and in circumstances that the court considers just, the court in which a civil action under this section is brought may appoint an attorney for the plaintiff and may authorize the commencement of a civil action upon proper showing without the payment of costs. If the court finds that an unlawful discriminatory practice prohibited by this section occurred or is about to occur, the court may grant relief that it considers appropriate, including a permanent or temporary injunction, temporary restraining order, or other order, and may award to the plaintiff compensatory and punitive damages of not less than one hundred dollars, together with attorney's fees and court costs. (E) Nothing contained in this section shall bar a creditor from reviewing an application for credit on the basis of established criteria used in the normal course of business for the determination of the credit worthiness of the individual applicant for credit, including the credit history of the applicant.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4121.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4121 / § 4121.25
§ 4121.25. Action to set aside, vacate, or amend order
Status: in_force

November 3, 1989 House Bill 222 - 118th General Assembly Any employer or other person in interest who is dissatisfied with any order of the bureau of workers' compensation may commence an action in the supreme court, against the bureau as defendant, to set aside, vacate, or amend any order on the ground that the order is unreasonable or unlawful and the supreme court has exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine the action. The bureau shall be served with summons as in other civil cases. The answer of the bureau shall be filed within ten days after service of summons upon it and with its answer it shall file a certified transcript of its record in the matter. Upon the filing of the answer the action shall be at issue and shall be advanced and assigned for trial by the court, upon the application of either party, at the earliest possible date.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4112.061 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4112 / § 4112.061
§ 4112.061. Right of commission to appeal judgment by court
Status: in_force

June 30, 1992 House Bill 321 - 119th General Assembly (A) The commission, in its discretion, may appeal from an adverse judgment rendered by a court. The appeal shall proceed as in the case of appeals in civil actions as provided in the Rules of Appellate Procedure and, to the extent not in conflict with those rules, Chapter 2505. of the Revised Code. The appeal by the commission shall be taken on questions of law relating to the constitutionality, construction, or interpretation of the statutes and rules of the commission and in matters involving the correctness of the judgment of the court of common pleas that an order of the commission is not supported by reliable, probative, and substantial evidence. (B) Nothing in this section affects in any manner any provision of this chapter relating to the rights of any party, inclusive of the commission, to seek other court action provided for in this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4141.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4141 / § 4141.09
§ 4141.09. Unemployment compensation fund - clearing account, unemployment trust fund account, benefit account
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created an unemployment compensation fund to be administered by the state without liability on the part of the state beyond the amounts paid into the fund and earned by the fund. The unemployment compensation fund shall consist of all contributions, payments in lieu of contributions described in sections 4141.241 and 4141.242 of the Revised Code, reimbursements of the federal share of extended benefits described in section 4141.301 of the Revised Code, collected under sections 4141.01 to 4141.56 of the Revised Code, and the amount required under division (A)(4) of section 4141.35 of the Revised Code, together with all interest earned upon any moneys deposited with the secretary of the treasury of the United States to the credit of the account of this state in the unemployment trust fund established and maintained pursuant to section 904 of the "Social Security Act," any property or securities acquired through the use of moneys belonging to the fund, and all earnings of such property or securities. The unemployment compensation fund shall be used to pay benefits, shared work compensation as defined in section 4141.50 of the Revised Code, and refunds as provided by such sections and for no other purpose. (B) The treasurer of state shall be the custodian of the unemployment compensation fund and shall administer such fund in accordance with the directions of the director of job and family services. All disbursements therefrom shall be paid by the treasurer of state on warrants drawn by the director. Such warrants may have the signature of the director printed thereon and that of a deputy or other employee of the director charged with the duty of keeping the account of the unemployment compensation fund and with the preparation of warrants for the payment of benefits to the persons entitled thereto. Moneys in the clearing and benefit accounts shall not be commingled with other state funds, except as provided in division (C) of this section, but shall be maintained in separate accounts on the books of the depositary bank. Such money shall be secured by the depositary bank to the same extent and in the same manner as required by sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code; and collateral pledged for this purpose shall be kept separate and distinct from any collateral pledged to secure other funds of this state. All sums recovered for losses sustained by the unemployment compensation fund shall be deposited therein. The treasurer of state shall be liable on the treasurer's official bond for the faithful performance of the treasurer's duties in connection with the unemployment compensation fund, such liability to exist in addition to any liability upon any separate bond. (C) The treasurer of state shall maintain within the unemployment compensation fund three separate accounts which shall be a clearing account, a trust fund account, and a benefit account. All moneys payable to the unemployment compensation fund, upon receipt by the director, shall be forwarded to the treasurer of state, who shall immediately deposit them in the clearing account. Refunds of contributions, or payments in lieu of contributions, payable pursuant to division (E) of this section may be paid from the clearing account upon warrants signed by a deputy or other employee of the director charged with the duty of keeping the record of the clearing account and with the preparation of warrants for the payment of refunds to persons entitled thereto. After clearance thereof, all moneys in the clearing account shall be deposited with the secretary of the treasury of the United States to the credit of the account of this state in the unemployment trust fund established and maintained pursuant to section 904 of the "Social Security Act," in accordance with requirements of the "Federal Unemployment Tax Act," 53 Stat. 183 (1939), 26 U.S.C.A. 3301, 3304(a)(3), any law in this state relating to the deposit, administration, release, or disbursement of moneys in the possession or custody of this state to the contrary notwithstanding. The benefit account shall consist of all moneys requisitioned from this state's account in the unemployment trust fund. Federal funds may be deposited, at the director's discretion, into the benefit account. Any funds deposited into the benefit account shall be disbursed solely for payment of benefits under a federal program administered by this state and for no other purpose. Moneys in the clearing and benefit accounts may be deposited by the treasurer of state, under the direction of the director, in any bank or public depositary in which general funds of the state may be deposited, but no public deposit insurance charge or premium shall be paid out of the fund. (D) Moneys shall be requisitioned from this state's account in the unemployment trust fund solely for the payment of benefits and in accordance with regulations prescribed by the director. The director shall requisition from the unemployment trust fund such amounts, not exceeding the amount standing to this state's account therein, as are deemed necessary for the payment of benefits for a reasonable future period. Upon receipt thereof, the treasurer of state shall deposit such moneys in the benefit account. Expenditures of such money in the benefit account and refunds from the clearing account shall not require specific appropriations or other formal release by state officers of money in their custody. Any balance of moneys requisitioned from the unemployment trust fund which remains unclaimed or unpaid in the benefit account after the expiration of the period for which such sums were requisitioned shall either be deducted from estimates for and may be utilized for the payment of benefits during succeeding periods, or, in the discretion of the director, shall be redeposited with the secretary of the treasury of the United States to the credit of this state's account in the unemployment trust fund, as provided in division (C) of this section. Unclaimed or unpaid federal funds redeposited with the secretary of the treasury of the United States shall be credited to the appropriate federal account. (E) No claim for an adjustment or a refund on contribution, payment in lieu of contributions, interest, or forfeiture alleged to have been erroneously or illegally assessed or collected, or alleged to have been collected without authority, and no claim for an adjustment or a refund of any sum alleged to have been excessive or in any manner wrongfully collected shall be allowed unless an application, in writing, therefor is made within four years from the date on which such payment was made. If the director determines that such contribution, payment in lieu of contributions, interest, or forfeiture, or any portion thereof, was erroneously collected, the director shall allow such employer to make an adjustment thereof without interest in connection with subsequent contribution payments, or payments in lieu of contributions, by the employer, or the director may refund said amount, without interest, from the clearing account of the unemployment compensation fund, except as provided in division (B) of section 4141.11 of the Revised Code. For like cause and within the same period, adjustment or refund may be so made on the director's own initiative. An overpayment of contribution, payment in lieu of contributions, interest, or forfeiture for which an employer has not made application for refund prior to the date of sale of the employer's business shall accrue to the employer's successor in interest. An application for an adjustment or a refund, or any portion thereof, that is rejected is binding upon the employer unless, within thirty days after the mailing of a written notice of rejection to the employer's last known address, or, in the absence of mailing of such notice, within thirty days after the delivery of such notice, the employer files an application for a review and redetermination setting forth the reasons therefor. The director shall promptly examine the application for review and redetermination, and if a review is granted, the employer shall be promptly notified thereof, and shall be granted an opportunity for a prompt hearing. (F) If the director finds that contributions have been paid to the director in error, and that such contributions should have been paid to a department of another state or of the United States charged with the administration of an unemployment compensation law, the director may upon request by such department or upon the director's own initiative transfer to such department the amount of such contributions, less any benefits paid to claimants whose wages were the basis for such contributions. The director may request and receive from such department any contributions or adjusted contributions paid in error to such department which should have been paid to the director. (G) In accordance with section 303(c)(3) of the Social Security Act, and section 3304(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 for continuing certification of Ohio unemployment compensation laws for administrative grants and for tax credits, any interest required to be paid on advances under Title XII of the Social Security Act shall be paid in a timely manner and shall not be paid, directly or indirectly, by an equivalent reduction in the Ohio unemployment taxes or otherwise, by the state from amounts in the unemployment compensation fund. (H) The treasurer of state, under the direction of the director and in accordance with the "Cash Management Improvement Act of 1990," 104 Stat. 1061, 31 U.S.C.A. 335, 6503, shall deposit amounts of interest earned by the state on funds in the benefit account established pursuant to division (C) of this section into the unemployment trust fund. (I) The treasurer of state, under the direction of the director, shall deposit federal funds received by the director for training and administration and for payment of benefits, job search, relocation, transportation, and subsistence allowances pursuant to the "Trade Act of 1974," 88 Stat. 1978, 19 U.S.C.A. 2101, as amended; the "North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act," 107 Stat. 2057 (1993), 19 U.S.C.A. 3301, as amended; and the "Trade Act of 2002," 116 Stat. 993, 19 U.S.C.A. 3801, as amended, into the Trade Act training and administration account, which is hereby created for the purpose of making payments specified under those acts. The treasurer of state, under the direction of the director, may transfer funds from the Trade Act training and administration account to the benefit account for the purpose of making any payments directly to claimants for benefits, job search, relocation, transportation, and subsistence allowances, as specified by those acts. 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Ohio Rev. Code § 4113.75 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4113 / § 4113.75
§ 4113.75. Automatic contributions to employee retirement plan
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 42 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Employee" and "employer" have the same meanings as in section 4113.51 of the Revised Code except that "employer" does not include the state, any municipal corporation, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision, or any agency or instrumentality of any of those entities. (2) "Employee retirement plan" means an employee retirement plan described in section 401(k) or 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code or a payroll deduction individual retirement account plan described in section 408 or 408A of the Internal Revenue Code. (3) "Internal Revenue Code" means the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 1 et seq., as amended. (B)(1) Notwithstanding section 4113.15 of the Revised Code, an employer may create and implement a program for automatically withholding a specified percentage of employees' wages to be contributed on behalf of the employees to an employee retirement plan. The program shall allow an employee to affirmatively elect not to participate in the program and not have wages withheld under the program. (2) The employer shall provide each participating employee with all of the following: (a) Notice of the percentage of the employee's wages that will be withheld and contributed on behalf of the employee to an employee retirement plan unless the employee affirmatively elects not to participate in the plan; (b) At least one opportunity each calendar quarter to select investments for the employee's contributions between investment alternatives available under the plan; (c) A description of every investment alternative available for employee investment direction under the plan; (d) Notice of the default investment decisions that will be made in the absence of the employee's direction; (e) A brief description of available procedures that allow an employee to change investments; (f) A report, at least once a year, of the actual default investments made of contributions attributable to the employee. (3) An employer that creates or implements a program described in division (B) of this section shall provide its participating employees with reasonable opportunities to affirmatively elect not to participate in the program and not have wages withheld under the program. An affirmative election not to participate in a program shall be effective as soon after the employer receives the election as is administratively feasible.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.93 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4123 / § 4123.93
§ 4123.93. Subrogation definitions
Status: in_force

August 31, 2016 House Bill 207 - 131st General Assembly As used in sections 4123.93 to 4123.932 of the Revised Code: (A) "Claimant" means a person who is eligible to receive compensation, medical benefits, or death benefits under this chapter or Chapter 4121., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code. (B) "Statutory subrogee" means the administrator of workers' compensation, a self-insuring employer, or an employer that contracts for the direct payment of medical services pursuant to division (P) of section 4121.44 of the Revised Code. (C) "Third party" means an individual, private insurer, public or private entity, or public or private program that is or may be liable to make payments to a person without regard to any statutory duty contained in this chapter or Chapter 4121., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code. (D) "Subrogation interest" includes past, present, and estimated future payments of compensation, medical benefits, rehabilitation costs, or death benefits, and any other costs or expenses paid to or on behalf of the claimant by the statutory subrogee pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 4121., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code. (E) "Net amount recovered" means the amount of any award, settlement, compromise, or recovery by a claimant against a third party, minus the attorney's fees, costs, or other expenses incurred by the claimant in securing the award, settlement, compromise, or recovery. "Net amount recovered" does not include any punitive damages that may be awarded by a judge or jury. (F) "Uncompensated damages" means the claimant's demonstrated or proven damages minus the statutory subrogee's subrogation interest.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.571 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4123 / § 4123.571
§ 4123.571. Prior claims
Status: in_force

November 2, 1959 House Bill 470 - 103rd General Assembly In connection with the procedural and remedial rights of employees, all claims which have accrued prior to the effective date of this act, whether or not an application for claim has been filed, or whether or not jurisdiction has been established or whether or not an application for an award under divisions (A), (B), (C), or (D) of section 4123.57 of the Revised Code has been filed shall be governed by the provisions of 4123.57 of the Revised Code, as amended by this act.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4125.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4125 / § 4125.05
§ 4125.05. Registration with administrator - security -confidentiality - fee
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 27 - 132nd General Assembly (A) Not later than thirty days after the formation of a professional employer organization, a professional employer organization operating in this state shall register with the administrator of workers' compensation on forms provided by the administrator. Following initial registration, each professional employer organization shall register with the administrator annually on or before the thirty-first day of December. Commonly owned or controlled applicants may register as a professional employer organization reporting entity or register individually. Registration as a part of a professional employer organization reporting entity shall not disqualify an individual professional employer organization from participating in a group-rated plan under division (A)(4) of section 4123.29 of the Revised Code. (B) Initial registration and each annual registration renewal shall include all of the following: (1) A list of each of the professional employer organization's client employers current as of the date of registration for purposes of initial registration or current as of the date of annual registration renewal, or within fourteen days of adding or releasing a client, that includes the client employer's name, address, federal tax identification number, and bureau of workers' compensation risk number; (2) A fee as determined by the administrator; (3) The name or names under which the professional employer organization conducts business; (4) The address of the professional employer organization's principal place of business and the address of each office it maintains in this state; (5) The professional employer organization's taxpayer or employer identification number; (6) A list of each state in which the professional employer organization has operated in the preceding five years, and the name, corresponding with each state, under which the professional employer organization operated in each state, including any alternative names, names of predecessors, and if known, successor business entities; (7) The most recent financial statement prepared and audited pursuant to division (B) of section 4125.051 of the Revised Code; (8) If there is any deficit in the working capital required under division (A) of section 4125.051 of the Revised Code, a bond, irrevocable letter of credit, or securities with a minimum market value in an amount sufficient to cover the deficit in accordance with the requirements of that section; (9) An attestation of the accuracy of the data submissions from the chief executive officer, president, or other individual who serves as the controlling person of the professional employer organization. (C) Upon terms and for periods that the administrator considers appropriate, the administrator may issue a limited registration to a professional employer organization or professional employer organization reporting entity that provides all of the following items: (1) A properly executed request for limited registration on a form provided by the administrator; (2) All information and materials required for registration in divisions (B)(1) to (6) of this section; (3) Information and documentation necessary to show that the professional employer organization or professional employer organization reporting entity satisfies all of the following criteria: (a) It is domiciled outside of this state. (b) It is licensed or registered as a professional employer organization in another state. (c) It does not maintain an office in this state. (d) It does not participate in direct solicitations for client employers located or domiciled in this state. (e) It has fifty or fewer shared employees employed or domiciled in this state on any given day. (D)(1) The administrator, with the advice and consent of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to require, in addition to the requirement under division (B)(8) of this section, a professional employer organization to provide security in the form of a bond or letter of credit assignable to the Ohio bureau of workers' compensation not to exceed an amount equal to the premiums and assessments incurred for the most recent policy year, prior to any discounts or dividends, to meet the financial obligations of the professional employer organization pursuant to this chapter and Chapters 4121. and 4123. of the Revised Code. (2) A professional employer organization may appeal the amount of the security required pursuant to rules adopted under division (D)(1) of this section in accordance with section 4123.291 of the Revised Code. (3) A professional employer organization shall pay premiums and assessments for purposes of Chapters 4121. and 4123. of the Revised Code on a monthly basis pursuant to division (A) of section 4123.35 of the Revised Code. (E) Notwithstanding division (D) of this section, a professional employer organization that qualifies for self-insurance or retrospective rating under section 4123.29 or 4123.35 of the Revised Code shall abide by the financial disclosure and security requirements pursuant to those sections and the rules adopted under those sections in place of the requirements specified in division (D) of this section or specified in rules adopted pursuant to that division. (F) Except to the extent necessary for the administrator to administer the statutory duties of the administrator and for employees of the state to perform their official duties, all records, reports, client lists, and other information obtained from a professional employer organization and professional employer organization reporting entity under divisions (A), (B), and (C) of this section are confidential and shall be considered trade secrets and shall not be published or open to public inspection. (G) The list described in division (B)(1) of this section shall be considered a trade secret. (H) The administrator shall establish the fee described in division (B)(2) of this section in an amount that does not exceed the cost of the administration of the initial and renewal registration process. (I) A financial statement required under division (B)(7) of this section for initial registration shall be the most recent financial statement of the professional employer organization or professional employer organization reporting entity of which the professional employer organization is a member and shall not be older than thirteen months. For each registration renewal, the professional employer organization shall file the required financial statement within one hundred eighty days after the end of the professional employer organization's or professional employer organization reporting entity's fiscal year. A professional employer organization may apply to the administrator for an extension beyond that time if the professional employer organization provides the administrator with a letter from the professional employer organization's auditor stating the reason for delay and the anticipated completion date. (J) Multiple, unrelated professional employer organizations shall not combine together for purposes of obtaining workers' compensation coverage or for forming any type of self-insurance arrangement available under this chapter. Multiple, unrelated professional employer organization reporting entities shall not combine together for purposes of obtaining workers' compensation coverage or for forming any type of self-insurance arrangement available under this chapter. (K) The administrator shall maintain a list of professional employer organizations and professional employer organization reporting entities registered under this section that is readily available to the public by electronic or other means.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4141.251 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4141 / § 4141.251
§ 4141.251. Unemployment compensation interest contingency fund
Status: in_force

September 28, 2016 House Bill 390 - 131st General Assembly (A) Beginning October 1, 2016, if the director of job and family services has paid interest charged under section 1202(b) of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1322(b), for an advance made to the state under section 1201 of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1321, from the unemployment compensation interest contingency fund created in this section, the director shall require each contributory employer to pay a surcharge in accordance with this section. (B) If division (A) of this section applies, the director shall determine the amount of a surcharge to assess against each contributory employer that generates an amount not greater in the aggregate than the amount sufficient to repay the fund for the amount of that interest paid. The director shall determine the amount of the surcharge on a flat rate basis. (C) The director shall collect any surcharge due under this section at the same time and in the same manner as contributions due under section 4141.25 of the Revised Code. The director shall provide notice to each employer subject to a surcharge under this section, either upon the quarterly contribution report due from each employer under section 4141.20 of the Revised Code or by other appropriate notice, a separate listing of the amount of any surcharge due under this section. Surcharge payments made pursuant to this section shall not be used to satisfy an employer's contribution obligations under section 4141.25 of the Revised Code. (D) If an employer makes a payment that is insufficient to pay the amount of contributions due under this chapter and the amount of a surcharge due under this section, the partial payment shall be applied first against the surcharge due under this section. The director shall apply any remaining amounts from the partial payment in the following order: (1) Against any mutualized contributions due under this chapter; (2) To the credit of the employer's individual account; (3) Against any interest, forfeiture, and fines due under this chapter. (E) Any surcharge due from an employer under this section, if not paid when due, shall be treated the same as delinquent contributions under section 4141.23 of the Revised Code. Any forfeiture or interest payments associated with the collection of the surcharge shall be deposited consistent with forfeiture and interest associated with contributions, pursuant to section 4141.11 of the Revised Code. (F) There is hereby created in the state treasury the unemployment compensation interest contingency fund. The fund shall be used to pay interest charged under section 1202(b) of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1322(b) on advances made to the state under section 1201 of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1321. Any interest earned on the money in the fund shall be retained in the fund. The director shall deposit amounts received pursuant to the surcharge assessed under this section in the fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.931 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4123 / § 4123.931
§ 4123.931. Statutory subrogee subrogated to rights of claimant against third party
Status: in_force

August 31, 2016 House Bill 207 - 131st General Assembly (A) The payment of compensation or benefits pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 4121., 4127., or 4131., of the Revised Code creates a right of recovery in favor of a statutory subrogee against a third party, and the statutory subrogee is subrogated to the rights of a claimant against that third party. The net amount recovered is subject to a statutory subrogee's right of recovery. (B) If a claimant, statutory subrogee, and third party settle or attempt to settle a claimant's claim against a third party, the claimant shall receive an amount equal to the uncompensated damages divided by the sum of the subrogation interest plus the uncompensated damages, multiplied by the net amount recovered, and the statutory subrogee shall receive an amount equal to the subrogation interest divided by the sum of the subrogation interest plus the uncompensated damages, multiplied by the net amount recovered, except that the net amount recovered may instead be divided and paid on a more fair and reasonable basis that is agreed to by the claimant and statutory subrogee. If while attempting to settle, the claimant and statutory subrogee cannot agree to the allocation of the net amount recovered, the claimant and statutory subrogee may file a request with the administrator of workers' compensation for a conference to be conducted by a designee appointed by the administrator, or the claimant and statutory subrogee may agree to utilize any other binding or non-binding alternative dispute resolution process. The claimant and statutory subrogee shall pay equal shares of the fees and expenses of utilizing an alternative dispute resolution process, unless they agree to pay those fees and expenses in another manner. The administrator shall not assess any fees to a claimant or statutory subrogee for a conference conducted by the administrator's designee. (C) If a claimant and statutory subrogee request that a conference be conducted by the administrator's designee pursuant to division (B) of this section, both of the following apply: (1) The administrator's designee shall schedule a conference on or before sixty days after the date that the claimant and statutory subrogee filed a request for the conference. (2) The determination made by the administrator's designee is not subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (D) When a claimant's action against a third party proceeds to trial and damages are awarded, both of the following apply: (1) The claimant shall receive an amount equal to the uncompensated damages divided by the sum of the subrogation interest plus the uncompensated damages, multiplied by the net amount recovered, and the statutory subrogee shall receive an amount equal to the subrogation interest divided by the sum of the subrogation interest plus the uncompensated damages, multiplied by the net amount recovered. (2) The court in a nonjury action shall make findings of fact, and the jury in a jury action shall return a general verdict accompanied by answers to interrogatories that specify the following: (a) The total amount of the compensatory damages; (b) The portion of the compensatory damages specified pursuant to division (D)(2)(a) of this section that represents economic loss; (c) The portion of the compensatory damages specified pursuant to division (D)(2)(a) of this section that represents noneconomic loss. (E)(1) After a claimant and statutory subrogee know the net amount recovered, and after the means for dividing it has been determined under division (B) or (D) of this section, a claimant may establish an interest-bearing trust account for the full amount of the subrogation interest that represents estimated future payments of compensation, medical benefits, rehabilitation costs, or death benefits, reduced to present value, from which the claimant shall make reimbursement payments to the statutory subrogee for the future payments of compensation, medical benefits, rehabilitation costs, or death benefits. If the workers' compensation claim associated with the subrogation interest is settled, or if the claimant dies, or if any other circumstance occurs that would preclude any future payments of compensation, medical benefits, rehabilitation costs, and death benefits by the statutory subrogee, any amount remaining in the trust account after final reimbursement is paid to the statutory subrogee for all payments made by the statutory subrogee before the ending of future payments shall be paid to the claimant or the claimant's estate. (2) A claimant may use interest that accrues on the trust account to pay the expenses of establishing and maintaining the trust account, and all remaining interest shall be credited to the trust account. (3) If a claimant establishes a trust account, the statutory subrogee shall provide payment notices to the claimant on or before the thirtieth day of June and the thirty-first day of December every year listing the total amount that the statutory subrogee has paid for compensation, medical benefits, rehabilitation costs, or death benefits during the half of the year preceding the notice. The claimant shall make reimbursement payments to the statutory subrogee from the trust account on or before the thirty-first day of July every year for a notice provided by the thirtieth day of June, and on or before the thirty-first day of January every year for a notice provided by the thirty-first day of December. The claimant's reimbursement payment shall be in an amount that equals the total amount listed on the notice the claimant receives from the statutory subrogee. (F) If a claimant does not establish a trust account as described in division (E)(1) of this section, the claimant shall pay to the statutory subrogee, on or before thirty days after receipt of funds from the third party, the full amount of the subrogation interest that represents estimated future payments of compensation, medical benefits, rehabilitation costs, or death benefits. (G) A claimant shall notify a statutory subrogee and the attorney general of the identity of all third parties against whom the claimant has or may have a right of recovery, except that when the statutory subrogee is a self-insuring employer, the claimant need not notify the attorney general. No settlement, compromise, judgment, award, or other recovery in any action or claim by a claimant shall be final unless the claimant provides the statutory subrogee and, when required, the attorney general, with prior notice and a reasonable opportunity to assert its subrogation rights. If a statutory subrogee and, when required, the attorney general are not given that notice, or if a settlement or compromise excludes any amount paid by the statutory subrogee, the third party and the claimant shall be jointly and severally liable to pay the statutory subrogee the full amount of the subrogation interest. (H) The right of subrogation under this chapter is automatic, regardless of whether a statutory subrogee is joined as a party in an action by a claimant against a third party. A statutory subrogee may assert its subrogation rights through correspondence with the claimant and the third party or their legal representatives. A statutory subrogee may institute and pursue legal proceedings against a third party either by itself or in conjunction with a claimant. If a statutory subrogee institutes legal proceedings against a third party, the statutory subrogee shall provide notice of that fact to the claimant. If the statutory subrogee joins the claimant as a necessary party, or if the claimant elects to participate in the proceedings as a party, the claimant may present the claimant's case first if the matter proceeds to trial. If a claimant disputes the validity or amount of an asserted subrogation interest, the claimant shall join the statutory subrogee as a necessary party to the action against the third party. (I) The statutory subrogation right of recovery applies to, but is not limited to, all of the following: (1) Amounts recoverable from a claimant's insurer in connection with underinsured or uninsured motorist coverage, notwithstanding any limitation contained in Chapter 3937. of the Revised Code; (2) Amounts that a claimant would be entitled to recover from a political subdivision, notwithstanding any limitations contained in Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code; (3) Amounts recoverable from an intentional tort action. (J) If a claimant's claim against a third party is for wrongful death or the claim involves any minor beneficiaries, amounts allocated under this section are subject to the approval of probate court. (K) Except as otherwise provided in this division, the administrator shall deposit any money collected under this section into the public fund or the private fund of the state insurance fund, as appropriate. Any money collected under this section for compensation or benefits that were charged pursuant to section 4123.932 of the Revised Code to the surplus fund account created in division (B) of section 4123.34 of the Revised Code and not charged to an employer's experience shall be deposited in the surplus fund account and not applied to an individual employer's account. If a self-insuring employer collects money under this section of the Revised Code, the self-insuring employer shall deduct the amount collected, in the year collected, from the amount of paid compensation the self-insured employer is required to report under section 4123.35 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4104.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4104 / § 4104.06
§ 4104.06. Inspectors - rules - right of entry
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly (A) The inspection of boilers and their appurtenances and pressure vessels shall be made by the inspectors mentioned in sections 4104.07 to 4104.20 of the Revised Code. The superintendent of industrial compliance shall administer and enforce such sections and rules adopted by the board of building standards pursuant to section 4104.02 of the Revised Code. (B) The superintendent shall adopt, amend, and repeal rules exclusively for the issuance, renewal, suspension, and revocation of certificates of competency and certificates of operation, for conducting hearings in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code related to these actions, and for the inspection of boilers and their appurtenances, and pressure vessels. (C) Notwithstanding division (B) of this section, the superintendent shall not adopt rules relating to construction, maintenance, or repair of boilers and their appurtenances, or repair of pressure vessels. (D) The superintendent and each general inspector may enter any premises and any building or room at all reasonable hours to perform an examination or inspection.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4121.123 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4121 / § 4121.123
§ 4121.123. Workers' compensation board nominating committee
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the workers' compensation board of directors nominating committee consisting of the following: (1) Three individuals who are members of affiliated employee organizations of the Ohio chapter of the American federation of labor-congress of industrial organizations, who are selected by the Ohio chapter of the American federation of labor-congress of industrial organizations and who, on account of their previous vocation, employment, or affiliations, can be classed as representative of employees who are members of an employee organization. Terms of office shall be for one year, with each term ending on the same day of the same month as did the term that it succeeds. (2) Two individuals who, on account of their previous vocation, employment, or affiliations, can be classed as representative of employees, one of whom shall be an injured worker with a valid, open, and active workers' compensation claim and at least one of these two representatives also shall represent employees who are not members of an employee organization. The president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives each shall appoint annually one of these members. The member who is an injured worker shall serve for a full term even if the member's workers' compensation claim is invalidated, closed, or inactivated during the member's term. (3) The chief executive officer, or the equivalent of the chief executive officer, of the Ohio chamber of commerce, the Ohio manufacturers' association, the Ohio self-insurers' association, the Ohio council of retail merchants, the national federation of independent business, and the Ohio farm bureau; (4) The director of development; (5) The president of the Ohio township association and the president of the Ohio county commissioners association, or if any of the following circumstances apply: (a) In the event of a vacancy in either presidency, a designee appointed by the governing body authorized to appoint the president. A designee so appointed shall serve on the nominating committee only until the vacancy in the presidency is filled. (b) In the event that the president of the Ohio township association is unavailable, a designee selected by the president; (c) In the event that the president of the Ohio county commissioners association is unavailable, a designee selected by the president. (B) Each member appointed under divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section shall hold office from the date of the member's appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. Such members may be reappointed. Vacancies shall be filled in the manner provided for original appointments. Any such member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration date of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office as a member for the remainder of that term. Such a member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. (C) The nominating committee shall meet at the request of the governor or as the nominating committee determines appropriate in order to make recommendations to the governor for the appointment of members of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors under section 4121.12 of the Revised Code. (D) The director of development shall serve as chairperson of the nominating committee and have no voting rights on matters coming before the nominating committee, except that the director may vote in the event of a tie vote of the nominating committee. Annually, the nominating committee shall select a secretary from among its members. The nominating committee may adopt by-laws governing its proceedings. (E) Members of the nominating committee shall be paid their reasonable and necessary expenses pursuant to section 126.31 of the Revised Code while engaged in the performance of their duties as members of the nominating committee. (F) The nominating committee shall: (1) Review and evaluate possible appointees for the board. In reviewing and evaluating possible appointees for the board, the nominating committee may accept comments from, cooperate with, and request information from any person. (2) Make recommendations to the governor for the appointment of members to the board as provided in division (C) of section 4121.12 of the Revised Code. (G) The nominating committee may make recommendations to the general assembly concerning changes in legislation that will assist the nominating committee in the performance of its duties.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.741 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4123 / § 4123.741
§ 4123.741. Immunity of fellow employees
Status: in_force

October 1, 1963 Senate Bill 131 - 105th General Assembly No employee of any employer, as defined in division (B) of section 4123.01 of the Revised Code, shall be liable to respond in damages at common law or by statute for any injury or occupational disease, received or contracted by any other employee of such employer in the course of and arising out of the latter employee's employment, or for any death resulting from such injury or occupational disease, on the condition that such injury, occupational disease, or death is found to be compensable under sections 4123.01 to 4123.94 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4109.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4109 / § 4109.09
§ 4109.09. Notice of nonuse of minor's age and schooling certificate
Status: in_force

August 28, 2002 House Bill 402 - 124th General Assembly (A) After a minor employee has made a written request that an employer give notice of the nonuse of the minor's age and schooling certificate, should the employer fail to mail the document to the issuing authority within three days of receipt of the request, the minor shall be entitled to recover from the employer an amount equal to the wages which would have been earned had the minor continued in employment for the period between the receipt of the request by the employer and the initiation of the suit or compliance with the request by the employer. (B) If any minor fails to appear for work without explanation for three days, an employer shall consider the employment terminated, and shall give notice of the nonuse of the age and schooling certificate to the issuing authority.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4113.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4113 / § 4113.15
§ 4113.15. Semimonthly payment of wages
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 House Bill 494 - 132nd General Assembly (A) Every employer doing business in this state shall, on or before the first day of each month, pay all its employees the wages earned by them during the first half of the preceding month ending with the fifteenth day thereof, and shall, on or before the fifteenth day of each month, pay such employees the wages earned by them during the last half of the preceding calendar month. If at any time of payment an employee is absent from the employee's regular place of labor and does not receive payment of wages through an authorized representative, such person shall be entitled to said payment at any time thereafter upon demand upon the proper paymaster at the place where such wages are usually paid and where such pay is due. This section does not prohibit the daily or weekly payment of wages. The use of a longer time lapse that is customary to a given trade, profession or occupation, or establishment of a different time lapse by written contract or by operation of law. (B) Where wages remain unpaid for thirty days beyond the regularly scheduled payday or, in the case where no regularly scheduled payday is applicable, for sixty days beyond the filing by the employee of a claim or for sixty days beyond the date of the agreement, award, or other act making wages payable and no contest court order or dispute of any wage claim including the assertion of a counterclaim exists accounting for nonpayment, the employer, in addition, as liquidated damages, is liable to the employee in an amount equal to six per cent of the amount of the claim still unpaid and not in contest or disputed or two hundred dollars, whichever is greater. (C) In the absence of a contest, court order or dispute, an employer who is party to an agreement to pay or provide fringe benefits to an employee or to make any employee authorized deduction becomes a trustee of any funds required by such agreement to be paid to any person, organization, or governmental agency from the time that the duty to make such payment arises. No person shall, without reasonable justification or excuse for such failure, knowingly fail or refuse to pay to the appropriate person, organization, or governmental agency the amount necessary to provide the benefits or accomplish the purpose of any employee authorized deduction, within thirty days after the close of the pay period during which the employee earned or had deducted the amount of money necessary to pay for the fringe benefit or make any employee authorized deduction. A failure or refusal to pay, regardless of the number of employee pay accounts involved, constitutes one offense for the first delinquency of thirty days and a separate offense for each successive delinquency of thirty days. (D) As used in this section and section 4113.16 of the Revised Code: (1) "Wage" means the net amount of money payable to an employee, including any guaranteed pay or reimbursement for expenses, less any federal, state, or local taxes withheld; any deductions made pursuant to a written agreement for the purpose of providing the employee with any fringe benefits; and any employee authorized deduction. (2) "Fringe benefits" includes but is not limited to health, welfare, or retirement benefits, whether paid for entirely by the employer or on the basis of a joint employer-employee contribution, or vacation, separation, or holiday pay. (3) "Employee authorized deduction" includes but is not limited to deductions for the purpose of any of the following: (a) Purchase of United States savings bonds or corporate stocks or bonds ; (b) A charitable contribution ; (c) Credit union savings or other regular savings program ; (d) Repayment of a loan or other obligation. (4) "Employer" means an individual, firm, partnership, association, or corporation, but does not include a franchisor with respect to the franchisor's relationship with a franchisee or an employee of a franchisee, unless either of the following applies: (a) The franchisor agrees to assume that role in writing. (b) A court of competent jurisdiction determines that the franchisor exercises a type or degree of control over the franchisee or the franchisee's employees that is not customarily exercised by a franchisor for the purpose of protecting the franchisor's trademark, brand, or both. (5) "Franchisor" and "franchisee" have the same meanings as in 16 C.F.R. 436.1.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4113.85 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4113 / § 4113.85
§ 4113.85. Matters subject to employer policy
Status: in_force

March 21, 2017 Senate Bill 331 - 131st General Assembly (A)(1) As used in this section: (a) "Employee" means any individual employed by an employer. (b) "Employer" means any individual, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, or any person or group of persons, acting in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee, but does not include the state, its instrumentalities, a political subdivision of the state, or an instrumentality of a political subdivision. (c) "Fringe benefit" means any benefit for which the employer would incur an expense, including health, welfare, or retirement benefits, whether paid for entirely by the employee or on the basis of a joint employer-employee contribution; leaves of absence; or vacation, separation, sick, or holiday pay. (2) In construing the meaning of the terms "reporting time," "on call," and "split shift" in this section, the court shall give due consideration and great weight to the United States department of labor's and federal courts' interpretations of those terms under the "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938," 52 Stat. 1060, 29 U.S.C. 201 as amended, and the regulations adopted pursuant to it. (B) Except as otherwise expressly provided in state or federal law, the following matters are exclusively the result of an employer's policy, an agreement between an employer and the employer's employees, a contract between an employer and the employer's employees, or a collective bargaining agreement between an employer and the employer's employees: (1) The number of hours an employee is required to work or be on call for work; (2) The time when an employee is required to work or be on call for work; (3) The location where an employee is required to work; (4) The amount of notification an employee receives of work schedule assignments or changes to work schedule assignments, including any addition or reduction of hours, cancellation of a shift, or change in the date or time of a work shift; (5) Minimizing fluctuations in the number of hours an employee is scheduled to work on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis; (6) Additional payment for reporting time when work is or becomes unavailable, for being on call for work, or for working a split shift; (7) Whether an employer will provide advance notice of an employee's initial work or shift schedule, notice of new schedules, or notice of changed schedules, including whether an employer will provide employees with predictive schedules; (8) Whether an employer will provide additional hours of work to employees the employer currently employs before employing additional workers; (9) Whether an employer will provide employees with fringe benefits and the type and amount of those benefits. (C) Nothing in this section requires an employer to adopt a policy concerning any of the matters described in division (B) of this section. (D) Nothing in this section affects the authority provided by case law, the Revised Code, or Section 3 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution, for a political subdivision to adopt a resolution or ordinance to limit the hours an employer operates.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4112.024 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4112 / § 4112.024
§ 4112.024. Housing owned by religious organization; preference for occupants
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 House Bill 463 - 131st General Assembly (A) Nothing in division (H) of section 4112.02 of the Revised Code shall bar any religious or denominational institution or organization, or any nonprofit charitable or educational organization that is operated, supervised, or controlled by or in connection with a religious organization, from limiting the sale, rental, or occupancy of housing accommodations that it owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose to persons of the same religion, or from giving preference in the sale, rental, or occupancy of such housing accommodations to persons of the same religion, unless membership in the religion is restricted on account of race, color, or national origin. (B) Nothing in division (H) of section 4112.02 of the Revised Code shall bar any bona fide private or fraternal organization that, incidental to its primary purpose, owns or operates lodgings for other than a commercial purpose, from limiting the rental or occupancy of the lodgings to its members or from giving preference to its members. (C) Nothing in division (H) of section 4112.02 of the Revised Code limits the applicability of any reasonable local, state, or federal restrictions regarding the maximum number of occupants permitted to occupy housing accommodations. Nothing in that division prohibits the owners or managers of housing accommodations from implementing reasonable occupancy standards based on the number and size of sleeping areas or bedrooms and the overall size of a dwelling unit, provided that the standards are not implemented to circumvent the purposes of this chapter and are formulated, implemented, and interpreted in a manner consistent with this chapter and any applicable local, state, or f ederal restrictions regarding the maximum number of occupants permitted to occupy housing accommodations. (D) Nothing in division (H) of section 4112.02 of the Revised Code requires that housing accommodations be made available to an individual whose tenancy would constitute a direct threat to the health or safety of other individuals or whose tenancy would result in substantial physical damage to the property of others. (E) Nothing in division (H) of section 4112.02 of the Revised Code pertaining to discrimination on the basis of familial status shall be construed to apply to any of the following: (1) Housing accommodations provided under any state or federal program that have been determined under the "Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988," 102 Stat. 1623, 42 U.S.C. 3607, as amended, to be specifically designed and operated to assist elderly persons; (2) Housing accommodations intended for and solely occupied by persons who are sixty-two years of age or older; (3) Housing accommodations intended and operated for occupancy by at least one person who is fifty-five years of age or older per unit, as determined under the "Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988," 102 Stat. 1623, 42 U.S.C. 3607, as amended. (F) Nothing in divisions (H)(1) to (18) of section 4112.02 of the Revised Code shall be construed to require any person selling or renting property to modify the property in any way or to exercise a higher degree of care for a person with a disability, to relieve any person with a disability of any o bligation generally imposed on all persons regardless of disability in a written lease, rental agreement, or contract of purchase or sale, or to forbid distinctions based on the inability to fulfill the terms and conditions, including financial obligations, of the lease, agreement, or contract.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4123 / § 4123.22
§ 4123.22. Annual report
Status: in_force

November 3, 1989 House Bill 222 - 118th General Assembly The administrator of workers' compensation shall prepare and publish annually a complete report of the bureau of workers' compensation's and the industrial commission's operations for the preceding year. The annual report shall be submitted to the governor and shall be made available to all employees, employers, and the general public upon request. As a part of its annual report the bureau shall make a report for the preceding fiscal year of the number of awards made by the commission, a general statement of the causes of accidents leading to the injuries for which awards were made, a general statement of the causes of occupational diseases for which awards were made, and a detailed statement of the condition of its respective funds. In such report, he may bring to the attention of the governor the diseases arising out of and due to industrial processes as he believes should be made compensable as occupational diseases. The bureau may collate general information as to the business transacted by the bureau and commission as in its judgment is desirable for distribution to employers and employees.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4125.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4125 / § 4125.08
§ 4125.08. Professional license requirements unaffected - shared employee is employee of client employer
Status: in_force

March 22, 2013 Senate Bill 139 - 129th General Assembly Nothing in this chapter exempts a professional employer organization, client employer, or shared employee from any applicable federal, state, or local licensing, registration, or certification statutes or regulations. An individual required to obtain and maintain a license, registration, or certification under law and who is a shared employee of a professional employer organization and a client employer is an employee of the client employer for purposes of obtaining and maintaining the appropriate license, registration, or certification as required by law. A professional employer organization does not engage in any occupation, trade, or profession that requires a license, certification, or registration solely by entering into a professional employer agreement with a client employer or coemploying a shared employee. A client employer shall have the sole right of direction and control of the professional or licensed activities of shared employees and of the client employer's business. The shared employees and client employers shall remain subject to regulation by the board, commission, or agency responsible for licensing, registration, or certification of the shared employees or client employers.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4169.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4169 / § 4169.08
§ 4169.08. Assumption of risk
Status: in_force

September 26, 2005 Senate Bill 61 - 126th General Assembly (A)(1) The general assembly recognizes that skiing as a recreational sport is hazardous to skiers regardless of all feasible safety measures that can be taken. It further recognizes that a skier expressly assumes the risk of and legal responsibility for injury, death, or loss to person or property that results from the inherent risks of skiing, which include, but are not limited to, injury, death, or loss to person or property caused by changing weather conditions; surface or subsurface snow or ice conditions; hard pack, powder, packed powder, wind pack, corn, crust, slush, cut-up snow, and machine-made snow; bare spots, rocks, trees, stumps, and other forms of forest growth or debris; lift towers or other forms of towers and their components, either above or below the snow surface; variations in steepness or terrain, whether natural or as the result of snowmaking, slope design, freestyle terrain, jumps, catwalks, or other terrain modifications; any other objects and structures, including, but not limited to, passenger tramways and related structures and equipment, competition equipment, utility poles, fences, posts, ski equipment, slalom poles, ropes, out-of-bounds barriers and their supports, signs, ski racks, walls, buildings, and sheds; and plainly marked or otherwise visible snowmaking and snow-grooming equipment, snowmobiles, snow cats, and over-snow vehicles. (2) Provided that the ski area operator complies with division (B)(4) of this section, no liability shall attach to a ski area operator for injury, death, or loss to person or property suffered by any competitor or freestyler using a freestyle terrain, which injury, death, or loss to person or property is caused by course, venue, or area conditions that visual inspection should have revealed or by collision with a spectator, competition official, ski area personnel, or another competitor or freestyler. (3) Provided the ski area operator complies with division (B)(5) of this section, no liability shall attach to a ski area operator for injury, death, or loss to person or property suffered by any skier using a tubing park, which injury, death, or loss to person or property is caused by course design or maintenance or conditions that visual inspection should have revealed or by collision with another skier. (B) The legal responsibilities of a ski area operator to a skier with respect to any injury, death, or loss to person or property resulting in any way from an inherent risk of the sport shall not be those of the common law duty of premises owners to business invitees. A ski area operator shall have, however, the following responsibilities: (1) To mark all trail maintenance vehicles and to furnish such vehicles with flashing or rotating lights that shall be in operation whenever the vehicles are working or are moving in the ski area; (2) To mark with a visible sign or other warning implement the location of any hydrant or similar equipment that is used in snowmaking operations and located anywhere in the ski area; (3) To mark, at the base of a slope or hill where skiers embark on a passenger tramway serving the slope or hill or at the top of a trail or slope, such slopes, trails, and hills with signs indicating their relative degree of difficulty. The signs must be the type that have been approved by the national ski areas association and are in current use by the industry; (4) Prior to the use of any portion of a freestyle terrain area made available by the ski area operator, to allow each freestyler or competitor a reasonable opportunity to visually inspect the course, venue, or area of the freestyle terrain; (5) To allow skiers using a tubing park visible access to the course. (C) A skier shall have the following responsibilities: (1) To know the range of the skier's ability to negotiate any slope or trail or to use any passenger tramway that is associated with a slope or trail, to ski within the limits of the skier's ability, to ski only on designated slopes and trails, to maintain control of speed and course at all times while skiing, to heed all posted warnings, and to not cross the track of a passenger tramway except at a designated area; (2) To refrain from acting in a manner that may cause or contribute to the injury of another person, to refrain from causing collision with any person or object while skiing, and to not place any object in a ski area that may cause another skier or a passenger to fall; (3) When involved in a skiing accident in which another person is involved who needs medical or other assistance, to obtain assistance for the person, to notify the proper authorities, and to not depart from the scene of the accident without leaving personal identification; (4) If the skier is a competitor, freestyler, or user of freestyle terrain, to assume the risk of all course, venue, or area conditions, including, but not limited to, weather and snow conditions; obstacles; course or feature location, construction, or layout; freestyle terrain configuration and conditions; and other courses, layouts, or configurations of the area to be used; (5) If the skier is utilizing a tubing park, to assume the risk of collision with others on the course.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4121.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4121 / § 4121.43
§ 4121.43. Compensation payments
Status: in_force

September 28, 2021 House Bill 75 - 134th General Assembly The administrator of workers' compensation shall: (A) Adopt rules to ensure that all compensation payments are accompanied by information which clearly indicates the source of payment, type of payment, method of computation, inclusive days of payment, reason for changes in payment, and telephone number or address for inquiries; (B) Adopt rules to govern the method of issuing and delivering checks, including time limits for issuance of checks; (C) Set standards and inform claimant of procedure for attorney or other representative pick-up of compensation payment check, and ensure that claimant has recently executed a proper authorization to pick up the check; (D) Implement a written procedure for effectively obtaining notices of death of claimant and terminating compensation payments; (E) Adopt rules to require that a claimant of whom medical examinations have been requested by the claimant's employer shall submit to such examinations and shall be reimbursed by the employer for reasonable expenses incurred in submitting to the examination and provide that the claimant shall be reimbursed by the employer in an amount equal to the wages lost during the time required to attend any such examination, in the event said claimant sustains lost wages as a result of any such examination. Last updated August 4, 2021 at 2:16 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4117.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4117 / § 4117.14
§ 4117.14. Settlement of dispute between exclusive representative and public employer - procedures
Status: in_force

June 27, 2025 Senate Bill 1 - 136th General Assembly (A) The procedures contained in this section govern the settlement of disputes between an exclusive representative and a public employer concerning the termination or modification of an existing collective bargaining agreement or negotiation of a successor agreement, or the negotiation of an initial collective bargaining agreement. (B)(1) In those cases where there exists a collective bargaining agreement, any public employer or exclusive representative desiring to terminate, modify, or negotiate a successor collective bargaining agreement shall: (a) Serve written notice upon the other party of the proposed termination, modification, or successor agreement. The party must serve the notice not less than sixty days prior to the expiration date of the existing agreement or, in the event the existing collective bargaining agreement does not contain an expiration date, not less than sixty days prior to the time it is proposed to make the termination or modifications or to make effective a successor agreement. (b) Offer to bargain collectively with the other party for the purpose of modifying or terminating any existing agreement or negotiating a successor agreement; (c) Notify the state employment relations board of the offer by serving upon the board a copy of the written notice to the other party and a copy of the existing collective bargaining agreement. (2) In the case of initial negotiations between a public employer and an exclusive representative, where a collective bargaining agreement has not been in effect between the parties, any party may serve notice upon the board and the other party setting forth the names and addresses of the parties and offering to meet, for a period of ninety days, with the other party for the purpose of negotiating a collective bargaining agreement. If the settlement procedures specified in divisions (B), (C), and (D) of this section govern the parties, where those procedures refer to the expiration of a collective bargaining agreement, it means the expiration of the sixty-day period to negotiate a collective bargaining agreement referred to in this subdivision, or in the case of initial negotiations, it means the ninety-day period referred to in this subdivision. (3) The parties shall continue in full force and effect all the terms and conditions of any existing collective bargaining agreement, without resort to strike or lock-out, for a period of sixty days after the party gives notice or until the expiration date of the collective bargaining agreement, whichever occurs later, or for a period of ninety days where applicable. (4) Upon receipt of the notice, the parties shall enter into collective bargaining. (C) In the event the parties are unable to reach an agreement, they may submit, at any time prior to forty-five days before the expiration date of the collective bargaining agreement, the issues in dispute to any mutually agreed upon dispute settlement procedure which supersedes the procedures contained in this section. (1) The procedures may include: (a) Conventional arbitration of all unsettled issues; (b) Arbitration confined to a choice between the last offer of each party to the agreement as a single package; (c) Arbitration confined to a choice of the last offer of each party to the agreement on each issue submitted; (d) The procedures described in division (C)(1)(a), (b), or (c) of this section and including among the choices for the arbitrator, the recommendations of the fact finder, if there are recommendations, either as a single package or on each issue submitted; (e) Settlement by a citizens' conciliation council composed of three residents within the jurisdiction of the public employer. The public employer shall select one member and the exclusive representative shall select one member. The two members selected shall select the third member who shall chair the council. If the two members cannot agree upon a third member within five days after their appointments, the board shall appoint the third member. Once appointed, the council shall make a final settlement of the issues submitted to it pursuant to division (G) of this section. (f) Any other dispute settlement procedure mutually agreed to by the parties. (2) If, fifty days before the expiration date of the collective bargaining agreement, the parties are unable to reach an agreement, any party may request the state employment relations board to intervene. The request shall set forth the names and addresses of the parties, the issues involved, and, if applicable, the expiration date of any agreement. The board shall intervene and investigate the dispute to determine whether the parties have engaged in collective bargaining. If an impasse exists or forty-five days before the expiration date of the collective bargaining agreement if one exists, the board shall appoint a mediator to assist the parties in the collective bargaining process. (3) Any time after the appointment of a mediator, either party may request the appointment of a fact-finding panel. Within fifteen days after receipt of a request for a fact-finding panel, the board shall appoint a fact-finding panel of not more than three members who have been selected by the parties in accordance with rules established by the board, from a list of qualified persons maintained by the board. (a) The fact-finding panel shall, in accordance with rules and procedures established by the board that include the regulation of costs and expenses of fact-finding, gather facts and make recommendations for the resolution of the matter. The board shall by its rules require each party to specify in writing the unresolved issues and its position on each issue to the fact-finding panel. The fact-finding panel shall make final recommendations as to all the unresolved issues. (b) The board may continue mediation, order the parties to engage in collective bargaining until the expiration date of the agreement, or both. (4) The following guidelines apply to fact-finding: (a) The fact-finding panel may establish times and place of hearings which shall be, where feasible, in the jurisdiction of the state. (b) The fact-finding panel shall conduct the hearing pursuant to rules established by the board. (c) Upon request of the fact-finding panel, the board shall issue subpoenas for hearings conducted by the panel. (d) The fact-finding panel may administer oaths. (e) The board shall prescribe guidelines for the fact-finding panel to follow in making findings. In making its recommendations, the fact-finding panel shall take into consideration the factors listed in divisions (G)(7)(a) to (f) of this section. (f) The fact-finding panel may attempt mediation at any time during the fact-finding process. From the time of appointment until the fact-finding panel makes a final recommendation, it shall not discuss the recommendations for settlement of the dispute with parties other than the direct parties to the dispute. (5) The fact-finding panel, acting by a majority of its members, shall transmit its findings of fact and recommendations on the unresolved issues to the public employer and employee organization involved and to the board no later than fourteen days after the appointment of the fact-finding panel, unless the parties mutually agree to an extension. The parties shall share the cost of the fact-finding panel in a manner agreed to by the parties. (6)(a) Not later than seven days after the findings and recommendations are sent, the legislative body, by a three-fifths vote of its total membership, and in the case of the public employee organization, the membership, by a three-fifths vote of the total membership, may reject the recommendations; if neither rejects the recommendations, the recommendations shall be deemed agreed upon as the final resolution of the issues submitted and a collective bargaining agreement shall be executed between the parties, including the fact-finding panel's recommendations, except as otherwise modified by the parties by mutual agreement. If either the legislative body or the public employee organization rejects the recommendations, the board shall publicize the findings of fact and recommendations of the fact-finding panel. The board shall adopt rules governing the procedures and methods for public employees to vote on the recommendations of the fact-finding panel. (b) As used in division (C)(6)(a) of this section, "legislative body" means the controlling board when the state or any of its agencies, authorities, commissions, boards, or other branch of public employment is party to the fact-finding process. (D) If the parties are unable to reach agreement within seven days after the publication of findings and recommendations from the fact-finding panel or the collective bargaining agreement, if one exists, has expired, then the: (1) Public employees who are prohibited from striking under this division shall submit the matter to a final offer settlement procedure pursuant to a board order issued forthwith to the parties to settle by a conciliator selected by the parties. The parties shall request from the board a list of five qualified conciliators and the parties shall select a single conciliator from the list by alternate striking of names. If the parties cannot agree upon a conciliator within five days after the board order, the board shall on the sixth day after its order appoint a conciliator from a list of qualified persons maintained by the board or shall request a list of qualified conciliators from the American arbitration association and appoint therefrom. The following public employees shall not strike: (a) Members of a police or fire department; (b) Members of the state highway patrol; (c) Deputy sheriffs; (d) Dispatchers employed by a police, fire, or sheriff's department or the state highway patrol or civilian dispatchers employed by a public employer other than a police, fire, or sheriff's department to dispatch police, fire, sheriff's department, or emergency medical or rescue personnel and units; (e) Members of an exclusive nurse's unit; (f) Employees of Ohio deaf and blind education services; (g) Employees of any public employee retirement system; (h) Corrections officers; (i) Guards at penal or mental institutions; (j) Special police officers appointed in accordance with sections 5119.08 and 5123.13 of the Revised Code; (k) Psychiatric attendants employed at mental health forensic facilities; (l) Youth leaders employed at juvenile correctional facilities; (m) Members of a law enforcement security force that is established and maintained exclusively by a board of county commissioners and whose members are employed by that board; (n) Full-time faculty members of any state institution of higher education. (2) Public employees other than those listed in division (D)(1) of this section have the right to strike under Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code provided that the employee organization representing the employees has given a ten-day prior written notice of an intent to strike to the public employer and to the board, and further provided that the strike is for full, consecutive work days and the beginning date of the strike is at least ten work days after the ending date of the most recent prior strike involving the same bargaining unit; however, the board, at its discretion, may attempt mediation at any time. (E) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the parties, at any time, from voluntarily agreeing to submit any or all of the issues in dispute to any other alternative dispute settlement procedure. An agreement or statutory requirement to arbitrate or to settle a dispute pursuant to a final offer settlement procedure and the award issued in accordance with the agreement or statutory requirement is enforceable in the same manner as specified in division (B) of section 4117.09 of the Revised Code. (F) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a party from seeking enforcement of a collective bargaining agreement or a conciliator's award as specified in division (B) of section 4117.09 of the Revised Code. (G) The following guidelines apply to final offer settlement proceedings under division (D)(1) of this section: (1) The parties shall submit to final offer settlement those issues that are subject to collective bargaining as provided by section 4117.08 of the Revised Code and upon which the parties have not reached agreement and other matters mutually agreed to by the public employer and the exclusive representative; except that the conciliator may attempt mediation at any time. (2) The conciliator shall hold a hearing within thirty days of the board's order to submit to a final offer settlement procedure, or as soon thereafter as is practicable. (3) The conciliator shall conduct the hearing pursuant to rules developed by the board. The conciliator shall establish the hearing time and place, but it shall be, where feasible, within the jurisdiction of the state. Not later than five calendar days before the hearing, each of the parties shall submit to the conciliator, to the opposing party, and to the board, a written report summarizing the unresolved issues, the party's final offer as to the issues, and the rationale for that position. (4) Upon the request by the conciliator, the board shall issue subpoenas for the hearing. (5) The conciliator may administer oaths. (6) The conciliator shall hear testimony from the parties and provide for a written record to be made of all statements at the hearing. The board shall submit for inclusion in the record and for consideration by the conciliator the written report and recommendation of the fact-finders. (7) After hearing, the conciliator shall resolve the dispute between the parties by selecting, on an issue-by-issue basis, from between each of the party's final settlement offers, taking into consideration the following: (a) Past collectively bargained agreements, if any, between the parties; (b) Comparison of the issues submitted to final offer settlement relative to the employees in the bargaining unit involved with those issues related to other public and private employees doing comparable work, giving consideration to factors peculiar to the area and classification involved; (c) The interests and welfare of the public, the ability of the public employer to finance and administer the issues proposed, and the effect of the adjustments on the normal standard of public service; (d) The lawful authority of the public employer; (e) The stipulations of the parties; (f) Such other factors, not confined to those listed in this section, which are normally or traditionally taken into consideration in the determination of the issues submitted to final offer settlement through voluntary collective bargaining, mediation, fact-finding, or other impasse resolution procedures in the public service or in private employment. (8) Final offer settlement awards made under Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code are subject to Chapter 2711. of the Revised Code. (9) If more than one conciliator is used, the determination must be by majority vote. (10) The conciliator shall make written findings of fact and promulgate a written opinion and order upon the issues presented to the conciliator, and upon the record made before the conciliator and shall mail or otherwise deliver a true copy thereof to the parties and the board. (11) Increases in rates of compensation and other matters with cost implications awarded by the conciliator may be effective only at the start of the fiscal year next commencing after the date of the final offer settlement award; provided that if a new fiscal year has commenced since the issuance of the board order to submit to a final offer settlement procedure, the awarded increases may be retroactive to the commencement of the new fiscal year. The parties may, at any time, amend or modify a conciliator's award or order by mutual agreement. (12) The parties shall bear equally the cost of the final offer settlement procedure. (13) Conciliators appointed pursuant to this section shall be residents of the state. (H) All final offer settlement awards and orders of the conciliator made pursuant to Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code are subject to review by the court of common pleas having jurisdiction over the public employer as provided in Chapter 2711. of the Revised Code. If the public employer is located in more than one court of common pleas district, the court of common pleas in which the principal office of the chief executive is located has jurisdiction. (I) The issuance of a final offer settlement award constitutes a binding mandate to the public employer and the exclusive representative to take whatever actions are necessary to implement the award. Last updated April 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4121.129 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4121 / § 4121.129
§ 4121.129. Audit, actuarial, and investment committees
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 52 - 131st General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the workers' compensation audit committee consisting of at least three members. One member shall be the member of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors who is a certified public accountant. The board, by majority vote, shall appoint two additional members of the board to serve on the audit committee and may appoint additional members who are not board members, as the board determines necessary. Members of the audit committee serve at the pleasure of the board, and the board, by majority vote, may remove any member except the member of the committee who is the certified public accountant member of the board. The board, by majority vote, shall determine how often the audit committee shall meet and report to the board. If the audit committee meets on the same day as the board holds a meeting, no member shall be compensated for more than one meeting held on that day. The audit committee shall do all of the following: (1) Recommend to the board an accounting firm to perform the annual audits required under division (B) of section 4123.47 of the Revised Code; (2) Recommend an auditing firm for the board to use when conducting audits under section 4121.125 of the Revised Code; (3) Review the results of each annual audit and management review and, if any problems exist, assess the appropriate course of action to correct those problems and develop an action plan to correct those problems; (4) Monitor the implementation of any action plans created pursuant to division (A)(3) of this section; (5) Review all internal audit reports on a regular basis. (B) There is hereby created the workers' compensation actuarial committee consisting of at least three members. One member shall be the member of the board who is an actuary. The board, by majority vote, shall appoint two additional members of the board to serve on the actuarial committee and may appoint additional members who are not board members, as the board determines necessary. Members of the actuarial committee serve at the pleasure of the board and the board, by majority vote, may remove any member except the member of the committee who is the actuary member of the board. The board, by majority vote, shall determine how often the actuarial committee shall meet and report to the board. If the actuarial committee meets on the same day as the board holds a meeting, no member shall be compensated for more than one meeting held on that day. The actuarial committee shall do both of the following: (1) Recommend actuarial consultants for the board to use for the funds specified in this chapter and Chapters 4123., 4127., and 4131. of the Revised Code; (2) Review and approve the various rate schedules prepared and presented by the actuarial division of the bureau or by actuarial consultants with whom the board enters into a contract. (C)(1) There is hereby created the workers' compensation investment committee consisting of at least four members. Two of the members shall be the members of the board who serve as the investment and securities experts on the board. The board, by majority vote, shall appoint two additional members of the board to serve on the investment committee and may appoint additional members who are not board members. Each additional member the board appoints shall have at least one of the following qualifications: (a) Experience managing another state's pension funds or workers' compensation funds; (b) Expertise that the board determines is needed to make investment decisions. Members of the investment committee serve at the pleasure of the board and the board, by majority vote, may remove any member except the members of the committee who are the investment and securities expert members of the board. The board, by majority vote, shall determine how often the investment committee shall meet and report to the board. If the investment committee meets on the same day as the board holds a meeting, no member shall be compensated for more than one meeting held on that day. (2) The investment committee shall do all of the following: (a) Develop the investment policy for the administration of the investment program for the funds specified in this chapter and Chapters 4123., 4127., and 4131. of the Revised Code in accordance with the requirements specified in section 4123.442 of the Revised Code; (b) Submit the investment policy developed pursuant to division (C)(2)(a) of this section to the board for approval; (c) Monitor implementation by the administrator of workers' compensation and the bureau of workers' compensation chief investment officer of the investment policy approved by the board; (d) Recommend outside investment counsel with whom the board may contract to assist the investment committee in fulfilling its duties; (e) Review the performance of the bureau of workers' compensation chief investment officer and any investment consultants retained by the administrator to assure that the investments of the assets of the funds specified in this chapter and Chapters 4123., 4127., and 4131. of the Revised Code are made in accordance with the investment policy approved by the board and to assure compliance with the investment policy and effective management of the funds.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4123 / § 4123.26
§ 4123.26. Annual statement by employer - forfeiture
Status: in_force

March 24, 2021 Senate Bill 201 - 133rd General Assembly (A) Every employer shall keep records of, and furnish to the bureau of workers' compensation upon request, all information required by the administrator of workers' compensation to carry out this chapter. (B) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) of this section, every private employer employing one or more employees regularly in the same business, or in or about the same establishment, shall submit a payroll report to the bureau. Until the policy year commencing July 1, 2015, a private employer shall submit the payroll report in January of each year. For a policy year commencing on or after July 1, 2015, the employer shall submit the payroll report on or before August fifteenth of each year unless otherwise specified by the administrator in rules the administrator adopts. The employer shall include all of the following information in the payroll report, as applicable: (1) For payroll reports submitted prior to July 1, 2015, the number of employees employed during the preceding year from the first day of January through the thirty-first day of December who are localized in this state; (2) For payroll reports submitted on or after July 1, 2015, the number of employees localized in this state employed during the preceding policy year from the first day of July through the thirtieth day of June; (3) The number of such employees localized in this state employed at each kind of employment and the aggregate amount of wages paid to such employees; (4) If an employer elects to secure other-states' coverage or limited other-states' coverage pursuant to section 4123.292 of the Revised Code through either the administrator, if the administrator elects to offer such coverage, or an other-states' insurer the information required under divisions (B)(1) to (3) of this section and any additional information required by the administrator in rules the administrator adopts, with the advice and consent of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, to allow the employer to secure other-states' coverage or limited other-states' coverage. (5)(a) In accordance with the rules adopted by the administrator pursuant to division (C) of section 4123.32 of the Revised Code, if the employer employs employees who are covered under the federal "Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act," 98 Stat. 1639, 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq., and under this chapter and Chapter 4121. of the Revised Code, both of the following amounts: (i) The amount of wages the employer pays to those employees when the employees perform labor and provide services for which the employees are eligible to receive compensation and benefits under the federal "Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act"; (ii) The amount of wages the employer pays to those employees when the employees perform labor and provide services for which the employees are eligible to receive compensation and benefits under this chapter and Chapter 4121. of the Revised Code. (b) The allocation of wages identified by the employer pursuant to divisions (B)(5)(a)(i) and (ii) of this section shall not be presumed to be an indication of the law under which an employee is eligible to receive compensation and benefits. (C) Each employer that is recognized by the administrator as a professional employer organization or alternate employer organization shall submit a monthly payroll report containing the number of employees employed during the preceding calendar month, the number of those employees employed at each kind of employment, and the aggregate amount of wages paid to those employees. (D) An employer described in division (B) of this section shall submit the payroll report required under this section to the bureau on a form prescribed by the bureau. The bureau may require that the information required to be furnished be verified under oath. The bureau or any person employed by the bureau for that purpose, may examine, under oath, any employer, or the officer, agent, or employee thereof, for the purpose of ascertaining any information which the employer is required to furnish to the bureau. (E) No private employer shall fail to furnish to the bureau the payroll report required by this section, nor shall any employer fail to keep records of or furnish such other information as may be required by the bureau under this section. (F) The administrator may adopt rules setting forth penalties for failure to submit the payroll report required by this section, including but not limited to exclusion from alternative rating plans and discount programs.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4104.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4104 / § 4104.37
§ 4104.37. Exemption for small boilers
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly Sections 4104.32 to 4104.36 of the Revised Code do not apply to historical boilers that are smaller than the size determined by the historical boilers licensing board pursuant to division (I) of section 4104.34 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 24, 2021 at 2:07 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4141.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4141 / § 4141.37
§ 4141.37. Compliance by firm or corporation mandatory
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Each member of a firm and the president, secretary, general manager, and managing agent of every corporation subject to sections 4141.01 to 4141.46 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall cause such firm or corporation to comply with such sections.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4105.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4105 / § 4105.10
§ 4105.10. Frequency of inspection
Status: in_force

April 3, 2023 House Bill 107 - 134th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, elevators shall be inspected in accordance with the following: (1) Every passenger elevator, escalator, moving walk, and freight elevator, including gravity elevators, shall be inspected twice every twelve months. (2) Power dumb-waiters, hoists, and other lifting or lowering apparatus, not designed to carry persons, permanently installed, either on or between rails or guides, shall be inspected at least once every twelve months. (3) The board of building standards may designate, by rule, classifications of passenger elevators with a capacity of seven hundred fifty pounds or less that shall be inspected once every twelve months. (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to an elevator installed in a private residence. Last updated March 15, 2023 at 10:08 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4112.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4112 / § 4112.04
§ 4112.04. Commission - powers and duties
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The commission shall do all of the following: (1) Establish and maintain a principal office in the city of Columbus and any other offices within the state that it considers necessary; (2) Appoint an executive director who shall serve at the pleasure of the commission and be its principal administrative officer. The executive director shall be paid a salary fixed pursuant to Chapter 124. of the Revised Code. (3) Appoint hearing examiners and other employees and agents who it considers necessary and prescribe their duties subject to Chapter 124. of the Revised Code; (4) Adopt, promulgate, amend, and rescind rules to effectuate the provisions of this chapter and the policies and practice of the commission in connection with this chapter; (5) Formulate policies to effectuate the purposes of this chapter and make recommendations to agencies and officers of the state or political subdivisions to effectuate the policies; (6) Receive, investigate, and pass upon written charges made under oath of unlawful discriminatory practices; (7) Make periodic surveys of the existence and effect of discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, military status, familial status, national origin, disability, age, or ancestry on the enjoyment of civil rights by persons within the state; (8) Report, from time to time, but not less than once a year, to the general assembly and the governor, describing in detail the investigations, proceedings, and hearings it has conducted and their outcome, the decisions it has rendered, and the other work performed by it, which report shall include a copy of any surveys prepared pursuant to division (A)(7) of this section and shall include the recommendations of the commission as to legislative or other remedial action; (9) Prepare a comprehensive educational program, in cooperation with the department of education and workforce, for the students of the public schools of this state and for all other residents of this state that is designed to eliminate prejudice on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, military status, familial status, national origin, disability, age, or ancestry in this state, to further good will among those groups, and to emphasize the origin of prejudice against those groups, its harmful effects, and its incompatibility with American principles of equality and fair play; (10) Receive progress reports from agencies, instrumentalities, institutions, boards, commissions, and other entities of this state or any of its political subdivisions and their agencies, instrumentalities, institutions, boards, commissions, and other entities regarding affirmative action programs for the employment of persons against whom discrimination is prohibited by this chapter, or regarding any affirmative housing accommodations programs developed to eliminate or reduce an imbalance of race, color, religion, sex, military status, familial status, national origin, disability, or ancestry. All agencies, instrumentalities, institutions, boards, commissions, and other entities of this state or its political subdivisions, and all political subdivisions, that have undertaken affirmative action programs pursuant to a conciliation agreement with the commission, an executive order of the governor, any federal statute or rule, or an executive order of the president of the United States shall file progress reports with the commission annually on or before the first day of November. The commission shall analyze and evaluate the progress reports and report its findings annually to the general assembly on or before the thirtieth day of January of the year immediately following the receipt of the reports. (11) Notify a person who files a charge pursuant to section 4112.051 of the Revised Code that under division (A) of section 4112.052 of the Revised Code, the person is prohibited from bringing a civil action under this chapter unless one of the following applies: (a) The conditions stated in division (B)(1) of section 4112.052 of the Revised Code are satisfied; (b) An exception specified in division (B)(2) of section 4112.052 of the Revised Code applies. (B) The commission may do any of the following: (1) Meet and function at any place within the state; (2) Initiate and undertake on its own motion investigations of problems of employment or housing accommodations discrimination; (3) Hold hearings, subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, administer oaths, take the testimony of any person under oath, require the production for examination of any books and papers relating to any matter under investigation or in question before the commission, and make rules as to the issuance of subpoenas by individual commissioners. (a) In conducting a hearing or investigation, the commission shall have access at all reasonable times to premises, records, documents, individuals, and other evidence or possible sources of evidence and may examine, record, and copy the premises, records, documents, and other evidence or possible sources of evidence and take and record the testimony or statements of the individuals as reasonably necessary for the furtherance of the hearing or investigation. In investigations, the commission shall comply with the fourth amendment to the United States Constitution relating to unreasonable searches and seizures. The commission or a member of the commission may issue subpoenas to compel access to or the production of premises, records, documents, and other evidence or possible sources of evidence or the appearance of individuals, and may issue interrogatories to a respondent, to the same extent and subject to the same limitations as would apply if the subpoenas or interrogatories were issued or served in aid of a civil action in a court of common pleas. (b) Upon written application by a party to a hearing under division (B) of section 4112.05 or division (G) of section 4112.051 of the Revised Code, the commission shall issue subpoenas in its name to the same extent and subject to the same limitations as subpoenas issued by the commission. Subpoenas issued at the request of a party shall show on their face the name and address of the party and shall state that they were issued at the party's request. (c) Witnesses summoned by subpoena of the commission are entitled to the witness and mileage fees provided for under section 119.094 of the Revised Code. (d) Within five days after service of a subpoena upon any person, the person may petition the commission to revoke or modify the subpoena. The commission shall grant the petition if it finds that the subpoena requires an appearance or attendance at an unreasonable time or place, that it requires production of evidence that does not relate to any matter before the commission, that it does not describe with sufficient particularity the evidence to be produced, that compliance would be unduly onerous, or for other good reason. (e) In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena, the commission or person at whose request it was issued may petition for its enforcement in the court of common pleas in the county in which the person to whom the subpoena was addressed resides, was served, or transacts business. (4) Create local or statewide advisory agencies and conciliation councils to aid in effectuating the purposes of this chapter. The commission may itself, or it may empower these agencies and councils to, do either or both of the following: (a) Study the problems of discrimination in all or specific fields of human relationships when based on race, color, religion, sex, military status, familial status, national origin, disability, age, or ancestry; (b) Foster through community effort, or otherwise, good will among the groups and elements of the population of the state. The agencies and councils may make recommendations to the commission for the development of policies and procedures in general. They shall be composed of representative citizens who shall serve without pay, except that reimbursement for actual and necessary traveling expenses shall be made to citizens who serve on a statewide agency or council. (5) Issue any publications and the results of investigations and research that in its judgment will tend to promote good will and minimize or eliminate discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, military status, familial status, national origin, disability, age, or ancestry. Last updated September 12, 2023 at 11:02 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4109.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4109 / § 4109.22
§ 4109.22. Manufacturing and construction mentorship program
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Construction occupation" means employment that consists of the construction, reconstruction, enlargement, alteration, repair, remodeling, renovation, demolition, or painting of a building or other structure, road, bridge, or other work, including preparation of a site for new construction. (2) "Manufacturing occupation" means employment that consists of the mechanical, physical, or chemical transformation of materials, substances, or components into new products for sale, including the assembling of component parts into a finished product. (3) Notwithstanding the definition of "employer" in section 4109.01 of the Revised Code, "employer" means every person who employs any individual in a construction occupation or manufacturing occupation. (B) There is hereby created the manufacturing and construction mentorship program to expose minors who are sixteen or seventeen years of age to construction occupations and manufacturing occupations in this state through temporary employment with an employer. An employer employing a minor under the mentorship program shall do all of the following: (1) Determine the duration of the minor's employment; (2) Assign the minor a mentor to provide direct and close supervision while the minor is engaged in any workplace activity; (3) Provide the minor with the training described in division (C) of this section; (4) Encourage the minor to participate in a career-technical education program approved by the department of education and workforce if the minor is not participating in a career-technical education program when the minor begins employment; (5) Comply with all applicable state and federal laws and regulations relating to the employment of minors. (C)(1) An employer employing a minor who is sixteen or seventeen years of age in a construction occupation or manufacturing occupation under the mentorship program shall provide the minor with training that includes all of the following: (a) A ten-hour course in construction or general industry safety and health hazard recognition and prevention approved by the occupational safety and health administration of the United States department of labor; (b) Instructions on how to operate the specific tools the minor will use during the minor's employment; (c) The general safety and health hazards to which the minor may be exposed at the minor's workplace; (d) The value of safety and management commitment; (e) Information on the employer's drug testing policy. (2) For purposes of division (C)(1)(a) of this section, a minor may participate in a thirty-hour course in construction or general industry safety and health hazard recognition and prevention approved by the occupational safety and health administration if the minor has already successfully completed a ten-hour course. (3) The employer shall pay any costs associated with providing the training required by division (C)(1) or permitted under division (C)(2) of this section. (4) An employer is not required to provide the training described in division (C)(1) or (2) of this section if the minor presents proof of completing the training during the six-month period immediately before beginning employment with the employer. (5) An employer may require a minor participating in the mentorship program to take a drug test in accordance with the policy described in division (C)(1)(e) of this section. (D) The director of commerce, in consultation with employers, shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code specifying a list of the tools that a minor who is sixteen or seventeen years of age who is employed under the mentorship program may operate during the minor's employment in a construction occupation or manufacturing occupation. The director shall use the manual issued by the wage and hour division of the United States department of labor titled "field operations handbook" or its successor for guidance in developing the list. Nothing in this division requires the director to include a tool on the list if the orders issued pursuant to the "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938," 29 U.S.C. 201, et seq., and section 4109.05 of the Revised Code or rules adopted under that section specifically permit minors of that age to operate the tool. (E)(1) A minor who is sixteen or seventeen years of age shall possess a valid driver's license to be eligible for employment under the mentorship program. (2) A minor who is sixteen or seventeen years of age who is employed by an employer under the mentorship program may work in any construction occupation or manufacturing occupation not denied by law to minors of that age under section 4109.05 of the Revised Code or rules adopted under that section. (F) No employer shall do either of the following: (1) Permit a minor who is sixteen or seventeen years of age to operate a tool minors of that age are permitted to operate pursuant to the rules adopted under division (D) of this section unless the minor is employed by the employer under the mentorship program; (2) Permit a minor who is sixteen or seventeen years of age who is employed by the employer under the mentorship program to operate a tool prohibited for use by minors of that age pursuant to the "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938," 29 U.S.C. 201, et seq., and section 4109.05 of the Revised Code or rules adopted under that section. Last updated September 19, 2023 at 1:17 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4105.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4105 / § 4105.04
§ 4105.04. Employment or designation of special inspectors
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly From the holders of certificates of competency in the inspection of elevators, any company that is authorized to insure elevators in the state, may designate persons to inspect elevators covered by such company's policies, and the department of public safety of any city and the clerk of any village may designate persons to inspect elevators in such city or village. Such persons shall, upon the payment of a fee to be established as provided in section 4105.17 of the Revised Code, have issued to them annually by the division of industrial compliance, commissions to serve as special inspectors of elevators in the state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4164.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4164 / § 4164.04
§ 4164.04. Creation of Ohio nuclear development authority
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly There is hereby created and constituted within the department of development, the Ohio nuclear development authority. The authority's exercise of powers conferred by this chapter is the performance of an essential governmental function and addresses matters of public necessity for which public moneys may be spent. Last updated September 12, 2023 at 8:43 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4105.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4105 / § 4105.12
§ 4105.12. Rules
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly (A) The superintendent of industrial compliance shall adopt, amend, and repeal rules exclusively for the issuance, renewal, suspension, and revocation of certificates of competency and certificates of operation, for the conduct of hearings related to these actions, and for the inspection of elevators. (B) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, the superintendent shall not adopt rules relating to construction, maintenance, and repair of elevators.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.321 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4123 / § 4123.321
§ 4123.321. Disposition of insurance fund excess surplus
Status: in_force

September 10, 2007 House Bill 100 - 127th General Assembly The bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, based upon recommendations of the workers' compensation actuarial committee, shall adopt a rule with respect to the collection, maintenance, and disbursements of the state insurance fund providing that in the event there is developed as of any given rate revision date a surplus of earned premium over all losses that, in the judgment of the board, is larger than is necessary adequately to safeguard the solvency of the fund, the board may return such excess surplus to the subscribers to the fund in either the form of cash refunds or a reduction of premiums, regardless of when the premium obligations have accrued.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4121.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4121 / § 4121.22
§ 4121.22. Jurisdiction over places of employment
Status: in_force

November 3, 1989 House Bill 222 - 118th General Assembly Sections 4101.01 to 4101.16 and 4121.01 to 4121.29 of the Revised Code do not deprive the legislative authority of any municipal corporation or any board of trustees or officer of any municipal corporation of any power or jurisdiction over or relative to any place of employment, provided that whenever the bureau of workers' compensation, by an order, fixes a standard of safety or any hygienic condition for employments or places of employment, the order shall, upon the filing by the bureau of a copy thereof with the clerk of the municipal corporation to which it applies, be held to amend or modify any similar conflicting local order in any particular matters governed by the order. Thereafter, no local officer shall make or enforce any order to the contrary. Any person affected by any local order in conflict with an order of the bureau may petition the bureau for a hearing on the ground that the local order is unreasonable and in conflict with the order of the bureau. The petition for hearing shall conform to the requirements set forth for a petition in section 4121.23 of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of the petition, the bureau shall order a hearing to consider and determine the issues raised by the appeal, which hearing shall be held in the municipal corporation where the local order appealed from was made. Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given to the petitioner and such other persons as the bureau finds directly interested in the decision, including the clerk of the village or the mayor of the municipal corporation from which the appeal came. If upon investigation the bureau finds that the local order appealed from is unreasonable and in conflict with the order of the bureau, the bureau may modify its order and shall substitute for the local order appealed from such order as is reasonable and legal in the premises, and thereafter the local order, in such particulars, is void.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4121.127 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4121 / § 4121.127
§ 4121.127. Transactions by fiduciary involving conflict of interest
Status: in_force

September 29, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, a fiduciary shall not cause the bureau of workers' compensation to engage in a transaction, if the fiduciary knows or should know that such transaction constitutes any of the following, whether directly or indirectly: (1) The sale, exchange, or leasing of any property between the bureau and a party in interest; (2) Lending of money or other extension of credit between the bureau and a party in interest; (3) Furnishing of goods, services, or facilities between the bureau and a party in interest; (4) Transfer to, or use by or for the benefit of a party in interest, of any assets of the bureau; (5) Acquisition, on behalf of the bureau, of any employer security or employer real property. (B) Nothing in this section shall prohibit any transaction between the bureau and any fiduciary or party in interest if both of the following occur: (1) All the terms and conditions of the transaction are comparable to the terms and conditions that might reasonably be expected in a similar transaction between similar parties who are not parties in interest. (2) The transaction is consistent with fiduciary duties under this chapter and Chapters 4123., 4127., and 4131. of the Revised Code. (C) A fiduciary shall not do any of the following: (1) Deal with the assets of the bureau in the fiduciary's own interest or for the fiduciary's own account; (2) In the fiduciary's individual capacity or in any other capacity, act in any transaction involving the bureau on behalf of a party, or represent a party, whose interests are adverse to the interests of the bureau or to the injured employees served by the bureau; (3) Receive any consideration for the fiduciary's own personal account from any party dealing with the bureau in connection with a transaction involving the assets of the bureau. (D) In addition to any liability that a fiduciary may have under any other provision, a fiduciary, with respect to bureau, shall be liable for a breach of fiduciary responsibility in any the following circumstances: (1) If the fiduciary knowingly participates in or knowingly undertakes to conceal an act or omission of another fiduciary, knowing such act or omission is a breach; (2) If, by the fiduciary's failure to comply with this chapter or Chapter 4123., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code, the fiduciary has enabled another fiduciary to commit a breach; (3) If the fiduciary has knowledge of a breach by another fiduciary of that fiduciary's duties under this chapter and Chapters 4123., 4127., and 4131. of the Revised Code, unless the fiduciary makes reasonable efforts under the circumstances to remedy the breach. (E) Every fiduciary of the bureau shall be bonded or insured for an amount of not less than one million dollars for loss by reason of acts of fraud or dishonesty. (F) As used in this section, "fiduciary" means a person who does any of the following: (1) Exercises discretionary authority or control with respect to the management of the bureau or with respect to the management or disposition of its assets; (2) Renders investment advice for a fee, directly or indirectly, with respect to money or property of the bureau; (3) Has discretionary authority or responsibility in the administration of the bureau.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4173.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4173 / § 4173.03
§ 4173.03. Immunity regarding customer use of employee restrooms
Status: in_force

September 12, 2008 House Bill 150 - 127th General Assembly No retail establishment or an employee of a retail establishment shall be liable in any civil action for an injury or death of a customer resulting from any act or omission in allowing a customer to use an employee toilet facility pursuant to section 4173.02 of the Revised Code if the act or omission is not willful or grossly negligent. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 4167.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4167 / § 4167.04
§ 4167.04. Duty of public employer to provide safe place of employment
Status: in_force

April 20, 1993 House Bill 308 - 119th General Assembly (A) Each public employer shall: (1) Furnish to each of his public employees employment and a place of employment free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his public employees; (2) Comply with Ohio employment risk reduction standards, rules, and orders adopted or issued pursuant to this chapter. (B) Notwithstanding this section or any other provision in this chapter to the contrary, no public employer is required to take any action under this chapter that would cause an undue hardship upon that public employer, unless the action is required to prevent imminent danger of death or serious harm to the public employee.