Ohio Rev. Code § 4121.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4121 / § 4121.12
§ 4121.12. Workers' compensation board of directors
Status: in_force

September 26, 2025 House Bill 81 - 136th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors consisting of eleven members to be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. One member shall be an individual who, on account of the individual's previous vocation, employment, or affiliations, can be classed as a representative of employees; two members shall be individuals who, on account of their previous vocation, employment, or affiliations, can be classed as representatives of employee organizations and at least one of these two individuals shall be a member of the executive committee of the largest statewide labor federation; three members shall be individuals who, on account of their previous vocation, employment, or affiliations, can be classed as representatives of employers, one of whom represents self-insuring employers, one of whom is a state fund employer who employs one hundred or more employees, and one of whom is a state fund employer who employs less than one hundred employees; two members shall be individuals who, on account of their vocation, employment, or affiliations, can be classed as investment and securities experts who have direct experience in the management, analysis, supervision, or investment of assets and are residents of this state; one member who shall be a certified public accountant; one member who shall be an actuary who is a member in good standing with the American academy of actuaries or who is an associate or fellow with the casualty actuarial society; and one member shall represent the public and also be an individual who, on account of the individual's previous vocation, employment, or affiliations, cannot be classed as either predominantly representative of employees or of employers. The governor shall select the chairperson of the board who shall serve as chairperson at the pleasure of the governor. None of the members of the board, within one year immediately preceding the member's appointment, shall have been employed by the bureau of workers' compensation or by any person, partnership, or corporation that has provided to the bureau services of a financial or investment nature, including the management, analysis, supervision, or investment of assets. (B) Of the initial appointments made to the board, the governor shall appoint the member who represents employees, one member who represents employers, and the member who represents the public to a term ending one year after June 11, 2007; one member who represents employers, one member who represents employee organizations, one member who is an investment and securities expert, and the member who is a certified public accountant to a term ending two years after June 11, 2007; and one member who represents employers, one member who represents employee organizations, one member who is an investment and securities expert, and the member who is an actuary to a term ending three years after June 11, 2007. Thereafter, terms of office shall be for three years, with each term ending on the same day of the same month as did the term that it succeeds. Each member shall hold office from the date of the member's appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. Members may be reappointed. Any 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. A member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until a successor takes office or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. (C) In making appointments to the board, the governor shall select the members from the list of names submitted by the workers' compensation board of directors nominating committee pursuant to this division. The nominating committee shall submit to the governor a list containing four separate names for each of the members on the board. Within fourteen days after the submission of the list, the governor shall appoint individuals from the list. At least thirty days prior to a vacancy occurring as a result of the expiration of a term and within thirty days after other vacancies occurring on the board, the nominating committee shall submit an initial list containing four names for each vacancy. Within fourteen days after the submission of the initial list, the governor either shall appoint individuals from that list or request the nominating committee to submit another list of four names for each member the governor has not appointed from the initial list, which list the nominating committee shall submit to the governor within fourteen days after the governor's request. The governor then shall appoint, within seven days after the submission of the second list, one of the individuals from either list to fill the vacancy for which the governor has not made an appointment from the initial list. If the governor appoints an individual to fill a vacancy occurring as a result of the expiration of a term, the individual appointed shall begin serving as a member of the board when the term for which the individual's predecessor was appointed expires or immediately upon appointment by the governor, whichever occurs later. With respect to the filling of vacancies, the nominating committee shall provide the governor with a list of four individuals who are, in the judgment of the nominating committee, the most fully qualified to accede to membership on the board. In order for the name of an individual to be submitted to the governor under this division, the nominating committee shall approve the individual by an affirmative vote of a majority of its members. (D) All members of the board shall receive their reasonable and necessary expenses pursuant to section 126.31 of the Revised Code while engaged in the performance of their duties as members and also shall receive an annual salary not to exceed sixty thousand dollars in total, payable on the following basis: (1) Except as provided in division (D)(2) of this section, a member shall receive two thousand five hundred dollars during a month in which the member attends one or more meetings of the board and shall receive no payment during a month in which the member attends no meeting of the board. (2) A member may receive no more than thirty thousand dollars per year to compensate the member for attending meetings of the board, regardless of the number of meetings held by the board during a year or the number of meetings in excess of twelve within a year that the member attends. (3) Except as provided in division (D)(4) of this section, if a member serves on the workers' compensation audit committee, workers' compensation actuarial committee, or the workers' compensation investment committee, the member shall receive two thousand five hundred dollars during a month in which the member attends one or more meetings of the committee on which the member serves and shall receive no payment during any month in which the member attends no meeting of that committee. (4) A member may receive no more than thirty thousand dollars per year to compensate the member for attending meetings of any of the committees specified in division (D)(3) of this section, regardless of the number of meetings held by a committee during a year or the number of committees on which a member serves. The chairperson of the board shall set the meeting dates of the board as necessary to perform the duties of the board under this chapter and Chapters 4123., 4125., 4127., 4131., 4133., and 4167. of the Revised Code. The board shall meet at least twelve times a year. The administrator of workers' compensation shall provide professional and clerical assistance to the board, as the board considers appropriate. (E) Before entering upon the duties of office, each appointed member of the board shall take an oath of office as required by sections 3.22 and 3.23 of the Revised Code and file in the office of the secretary of state the bond required under section 4121.127 of the Revised Code. (F) The board shall: (1) Establish the overall administrative policy for the bureau for the purposes of this chapter and Chapters 4123., 4125., 4127., 4131., 4133., and 4167. of the Revised Code; (2) Review progress of the bureau in meeting its cost and quality objectives and in complying with this chapter and Chapters 4123., 4125., 4127., 4131., 4133., and 4167. of the Revised Code; (3) Submit an annual report to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the governor and include all of the following in that report: (a) An evaluation of the cost and quality objectives of the bureau; (b) A statement of the net assets available for the provision of compensation and benefits under this chapter and Chapters 4123., 4127., and 4131. of the Revised Code as of the last day of the fiscal year; (c) A statement of any changes that occurred in the net assets available, including employer premiums and net investment income, for the provision of compensation and benefits and payment of administrative expenses, between the first and last day of the fiscal year immediately preceding the date of the report; (d) The following information for each of the six consecutive fiscal years occurring previous to the report: (i) A schedule of the net assets available for compensation and benefits; (ii) The annual cost of the payment of compensation and benefits; (iii) Annual administrative expenses incurred; (iv) Annual employer premiums allocated for the provision of compensation and benefits. (e) A description of any significant changes that occurred during the six years for which the board provided the information required under division (F)(3)(d) of this section that affect the ability of the board to compare that information from year to year. (4) Review all independent financial audits of the bureau. The administrator shall provide access to records of the bureau to facilitate the review required under this division. (5) Study issues as requested by the administrator or the governor; (6) Contract with all of the following: (a) An independent actuarial firm to assist the board in making recommendations to the administrator regarding premium rates; (b) An outside investment counsel to assist the workers' compensation investment committee in fulfilling its duties; (c) An independent fiduciary counsel to assist the board in the performance of its duties. (7) Approve the investment policy developed by the workers' compensation investment committee pursuant to section 4121.129 of the Revised Code if the policy satisfies the requirements specified in section 4123.442 of the Revised Code; (8) Review and publish the investment policy no less than annually and make copies available to interested parties; (9) Prohibit, on a prospective basis, any specific investment it finds to be contrary to the investment policy approved by the board; (10) Vote to open each investment class and allow the administrator to invest in an investment class only if the board, by a majority vote, opens that class; (11) After opening a class but prior to the administrator investing in that class, adopt rules establishing due diligence standards for employees of the bureau to follow when investing in that class and establish policies and procedures to review and monitor the performance and value of each investment class; (12) Submit a report annually on the performance and value of each investment class to the governor, the president and minority leader of the senate, and the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives; (13) Advise and consent on all of the following: (a) Administrative rules the administrator submits to it pursuant to division (B)(5) of section 4121.121 of the Revised Code for the classification of occupations or industries, for premium rates and contributions, for the amount to be credited to the surplus fund, for rules and systems of rating, rate revisions, and merit rating; (b) The duties and authority conferred upon the administrator pursuant to section 4121.37 of the Revised Code; (c) Rules the administrator adopts for the health partnership program and the qualified health plan system, as provided in sections 4121.44 , 4121.441 , and 4121.442 of the Revised Code; (d) Rules the administrator submits to it pursuant to Chapter 4167. of the Revised Code regarding the public employment risk reduction program. (14) Perform all duties required under this chapter and Chapters 4123., 4125., 4127., 4131., 4133., and 4167. of the Revised Code; (15) Develop and participate in a bureau of workers' compensation board of directors education program that consists of all of the following: (a) An orientation component for newly appointed members; (b) A continuing education component for board members who have served for at least one year; (c) A curriculum that includes education about each of the following topics: (i) Board member duties and responsibilities; (ii) Compensation and benefits paid pursuant to this chapter and Chapters 4123., 4127., and 4131. of the Revised Code; (iii) Ethics; (iv) Governance processes and procedures; (v) Actuarial soundness; (vi) Investments; (vii) Any other subject matter the board believes is reasonably related to the duties of a board member. (16) Hold all sessions, classes, and other events for the program developed pursuant to division (F)(15) of this section in this state. (G) The board may do both of the following: (1) Vote to close any investment class; (2) Create any committees in addition to the workers' compensation audit committee, the workers' compensation actuarial committee, and the workers' compensation investment committee that the board determines are necessary to assist the board in performing its duties. (H) The office of a member of the board who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a felony, a theft offense as defined in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code, or a violation of section 102.02 , 102.03 , 102.04 , 2921.02 , 2921.11 , 2921.13 , 2921.31 , 2921.41 , 2921.42 , 2921.43 , or 2921.44 of the Revised Code shall be deemed vacant. The vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. A person who has pleaded guilty to or been convicted of an offense of that nature is ineligible to be a member of the board. A member who receives a bill of indictment for any of the offenses specified in this section shall be automatically suspended from the board pending resolution of the criminal matter. (I) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in section 3.17 of the Revised Code, a board member who fails to attend nine or more board meetings, including regular and special meetings, during any consecutive twelve-month period forfeits the member's position on the board. The resulting vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. Last updated August 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4121.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4121 / § 4121.13
§ 4121.13. Administrator of workers' compensation - powers and duties
Status: in_force

September 26, 2025 House Bill 81 - 136th General Assembly The administrator of workers' compensation shall: (A) Investigate, ascertain, and declare and prescribe what hours of labor, safety devices, safeguards, or other means or methods of protection are best adapted to render the employees of every employment and place of employment and frequenters of every place of employment safe, and to protect their welfare as required by law or lawful orders; (B) Ascertain and fix reasonable standards and prescribe, modify, and enforce reasonable orders for the adoption of safety devices, safeguards, and other means or methods of protection to be as nearly uniform as possible as may be necessary to carry out all laws and lawful orders relative to the protection of the life, health, safety, and welfare of employees in employments and places of employment or frequenters of places of employment; (C) Ascertain, fix, and order reasonable standards for the construction, repair, and maintenance of places of employment as shall render them safe; (D) Investigate, ascertain, and determine reasonable classifications of persons, employments, and places of employment as are necessary to carry out the applicable sections of sections 4101.01 to 4101.16 and 4121.01 to 4121.29 of the Revised Code; (E) Adopt reasonable and proper rules relative to the exercise of the administrator's powers and authorities, and proper rules to govern the administrator's proceedings and to regulate the mode and manner of all investigations and hearings, which rules shall not be effective until ten days after their publication; a copy of the rules shall be delivered at cost to every citizen making application therefor; (F) Investigate all cases of fraud or other illegalities pertaining to the operation of the workers' compensation system and its several insurance funds and for that purpose, the administrator has every power of an inquisitorial nature granted to the industrial commission in this chapter and Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code; (G) Do all things convenient and necessary to accomplish the purposes directed in sections 4101.01 to 4101.16 and 4121.01 to 4121.28 of the Revised Code; (H) Nothing in this section shall be construed to supersede section 4105.011 of the Revised Code in particular, or Chapter 4105. of the Revised Code in general. Last updated August 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4115.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4115 / § 4115.08
§ 4115.08. Failure to ascertain prevailing rates of wages
Status: in_force

July 1, 2000 House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly No public official, authorized to contract for or construct with the official's own forces a public improvement, shall fail, before advertising for bids or undertaking such construction with those forces, to have the director of commerce determine the prevailing rates of wages of mechanics and laborers for the class of work called for by the public improvement in the locality where the work is to be performed, as provided in section 4115.04 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4113.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4113 / § 4113.30
§ 4113.30. Enforcing successor clause in collective bargaining agreement
Status: in_force

October 9, 1978 House Bill 783 - 112th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Successor employer" means any purchaser, assignee, or transferee of a business that is party to a collective bargaining agreement, if the purchaser, assignee, or transferee conducts or will conduct substantially the same business operation or offer the same service, and uses the same physical facilities as the contracting employer. (2) "Public employer" means the state or any political subdivision of the state, including, without limitation, any municipal corporation, county, township, school district, state institution of higher learning, any public or special district, or any state agency, authority, commission, board, or other public employer. (B) Where a collective bargaining agreement between an employer and a labor organization contains a successor clause, such clause is binding upon and enforceable against any successor employer who succeeds to the contracting employer's business until the expiration date stated in the agreement, except that no successor clause is binding upon or enforceable against any successor employer for more than three years from the effective date of the collective bargaining agreement between the contracting employer and the labor organization. (C) An employer who is a party to a collective bargaining agreement containing a successor clause shall disclose the existence of the agreement and clause to any successor employer. The disclosure requirement is satisfied by including in any contract of sale, agreement to purchase, or any similar instrument of conveyace, a statement that the successor employer is bound by such successor clause as provided for in the collective bargaining agreement. (D) This section does not apply: (1) To any public employer; (2) To any employer who is subject to the "National Labor Relations Act of 1935," 49 Stat. 449, 29 U.S.C.A. 151, as amended, or "The Railway Labor Act of 1926," 44 Stat. 577, 45 U.S.C.A. 151 as amended.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4104.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4104 / § 4104.18
§ 4104.18. Fees
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 238 - 135th General Assembly (A) The owner or user of a boiler required under section 4104.12 of the Revised Code to be inspected upon installation, and the owner or user of a boiler for which a certificate of inspection has been issued that is replaced with an appropriate certificate of operation, shall pay to the superintendent of industrial compliance an initial certificate of operation fee in the following amount, as applicable: (1) Fifty dollars for boilers subject to annual inspections under section 4104.11 of the Revised Code; (2) One hundred dollars for boilers subject to biennial inspection under section 4104.13 of the Revised Code; (3) One hundred fifty dollars for boilers subject to triennial inspection under section 4104.11 of the Revised Code; (4) Two hundred fifty dollars for boilers subject to quinquennial inspection under section 4104.13 of the Revised Code. (B) The owner or user of a boiler required under section 4104.12 of the Revised Code to be inspected upon installation, and the owner or user of a boiler for which a certificate of inspection has been issued that is replaced with an appropriate certificate of operation, shall pay to the superintendent of industrial compliance an annual certificate of operation renewal fee in the following amount, as applicable: (1) Fifty dollars for boilers subject to annual inspections under section 4101.11 of the Revised Code; (2) One hundred dollars for boilers subject to biennial inspections under section 4104.13 of the Revised Code; (3) One hundred fifty dollars for boilers subject to triennial inspections under section 4104.11 of the Revised Code; (4) Two hundred fifty dollars for boilers subject to quinquennial inspections under section 4104.13 of the Revised Code. (C) The fee for complete inspection during construction by a general inspector on boilers and pressure vessels manufactured within the state shall be thirty-five dollars per hour. Boiler and pressure vessel manufacturers other than those located in the state may secure inspection by a general inspector on work during construction, upon application to the superintendent, and upon payment of a fee of thirty-five dollars per hour, plus the necessary traveling and hotel expenses incurred by the inspector. (D) The application fee for applicants for steam engineer, high pressure boiler operator, or low pressure boiler operator licenses is twenty-five dollars. The fee for each original or renewal steam engineer, high pressure boiler operator, or low pressure boiler operator license is fifty dollars. (E) Except as otherwise provided in this division, the superintendent of industrial compliance, by rule adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may increase the fees required by this section and may establish fees to pay the costs of the division to fulfill its duties established by this chapter. The fees shall bear some reasonable relationship to the cost of administering and enforcing the provisions of this chapter. The superintendent shall not adopt a rule increasing the application fee for steam engineer, high pressure boiler operator, or low pressure boiler operator licenses. (F) Any moneys collected under this section shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the industrial compliance operating fund created in section 121.084 of the Revised Code. (G) Any person who fails to pay an invoiced renewal fee or an invoiced inspection fee required for any inspection conducted by the division of industrial compliance pursuant to this chapter within forty-five days of the invoice date shall pay a late payment fee equal to twenty-five per cent of the invoiced fee. (H) In addition to the fees assessed in divisions (A), (B), and (C) of this section, the board of building standards shall assess the owner or user a fee of three dollars and twenty-five cents for each certificate of operation or renewal thereof issued under divisions (A) and (B) of this section and for each inspection conducted under division (C) of this section. The board shall adopt rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, specifying the manner by which the superintendent shall collect and remit to the board the fees assessed under this division and requiring that remittance of the fees be made at least quarterly. Last updated February 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4141.288 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4141 / § 4141.288
§ 4141.288. Data matching - death records
Status: in_force

April 3, 2023 Senate Bill 302 - 134th General Assembly The director of job and family services shall enter into a data matching agreement with the director of health under which the director of health shall allow the director of job and family services to match death records maintained in accordance with section 3705.02 of the Revised Code. The director of job and family services shall check the death records when determining whether an application for determination of benefit rights or claim for benefits is valid. Last updated March 22, 2023 at 4:08 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4112.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4112 / § 4112.13
§ 4112.13. Commission - powers and duties
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly (A) In addition to any duties and responsibilities that the Ohio state university Bell national resource center may prescribe for the commission on African-Americans under section 4112.12 of the Revised Code, the commission shall do all of the following: (1) Oversee and supervise four separate and distinct subcommittees devoted to solving problems and advancing recommendations exclusively pertinent to African-Americans in the areas of unemployment, criminal justice, education, and health; (2) Conduct research to determine the nature and extent of the problems concerning African-Americans in the four areas targeted in division (A)(1) of this section; (3) Hold public hearings for the purpose of collecting data; (4) Identify existing federal, state, and local programs that address problems and solutions relevant to the four targeted areas of study; (5) Implement appropriate new programs and demonstration projects especially designed for African-Americans; (6) Develop and implement community education and public awareness programs especially designed for African-Americans; (7) Develop strategies to improve the social condition of African-Americans; (8) Report to the governor, the general assembly, the auditor of state, the secretary of state, the attorney general, and the chief justice of the Ohio supreme court at least biennially on the activities, findings, and recommendations of the commission; (9) Accept gifts, grants, donations, contributions, benefits, and other funds from any public agency or private source to carry out any or all of the commission's powers or duties. Such funds shall be deposited in the commission on African-Americans fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. All gifts, grants, donations, contributions, benefits, and other funds received by the commission under division (A)(9) of this section, when appropriated to the commission, shall be used solely to support the operations of the commission. (B) The chairperson of the commission on African-Americans may appoint any number of individuals to serve on the subcommittees created in division (A)(1) of this section. Members of subcommittees serve at the discretion of the chairperson. Last updated March 10, 2023 at 12:29 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4121.68 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4121 / § 4121.68
§ 4121.68. Compensation and benefits to rehabilitation program participants
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 52 - 131st General Assembly In the event a claimant sustains an injury or occupational disease or dies as a result of any injury or disease received in the course of and arising out of the claimant's participation in a rehabilitation program, the claimant or, in the case of death, a dependent of the claimant, may file a claim for compensation and benefits. All compensation and benefit awards made as a result of the injury, disease, or death shall be charged to the surplus fund account, created pursuant to section 4123.34 of the Revised Code, and not charged through the state insurance fund to the employer against which the claim was allowed so long as the employer pays assessments into the surplus fund account for the payment of such compensation and benefits. If an employer is a self-insuring employer, the self-insuring employer shall pay these compensation and benefits directly as a part of a claim.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4151.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4151 / § 4151.07
§ 4151.07. State agency contract compliance
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 246 - 136th General Assembly (A) No state agency shall fail to include in a contract for the construction or renovation of a nonresidential construction project provisions requiring compliance with sections 4151.02 and 4151.03 of the Revised Code. (B) The attorney general shall conduct periodic reviews of state agencies to ensure that state agencies are including within their contracts for the construction or renovation of nonresidential construction projects provisions that comply with division (A) of this section. (C) The attorney general shall notify a state agency and the director of administrative services of any contract for the construction or renovation of a nonresidential construction project the attorney general determines violates division (A) of this section. In the notice, the attorney general shall inform the state agency and the director of the state agency's duty under division (A) of this section. (D) Each state agency found in violation of division (A) of this section shall, for one year after the attorney general provides the notice required under division (C) of this section, submit any contract for the construction or renovation of a nonresidential construction project to the director of administrative services. The director shall promptly review the proposed contract and determine whether the state agency complied with division (A) of this section. The director shall notify the agency of the director's determination and, in the event the proposed contract does not contain the required provisions, instruct the state agency to include the provisions in a revised draft of the proposed contract. Last updated January 28, 2026 at 4:40 PM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 4115.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4115 / § 4115.07
§ 4115.07. Full payment of wages - records
Status: in_force

July 21, 2025 Senate Bill 33 - 136th General Assembly All contractors and subcontractors required by sections 4115.03 to 4115.16 of the Revised Code, and the action of any public authority to pay not less than the prevailing rate of wages shall make full payment of such wages in legal tender, without any deduction for food, sleeping accommodations, transportation, use of small tools, or any other thing of any kind or description. This section does not apply where the employer and employee enter into an agreement in writing at the beginning of any term of employment covering deductions for food, sleeping accommodations, or other similar item, provided such agreement is submitted by the employer to the public authority fixing the rate of wages and is approved by such public authority as fair and reasonable. All contractors or subcontractors falling within or affected by sections 4115.03 to 4115.16 of the Revised Code, shall keep full and accurate payroll records with respect to wages paid each employee and the number of hours worked by each employee, covering all disbursements of wages to their employees to whom they are required to pay not less than the prevailing rate of wages. Such payroll records shall be open to inspection by any authorized representative of the contracting public authority, including the prevailing wage coordinator or the director of commerce at any reasonable time and as often as may be necessary, and such records shall not be destroyed or removed from the state for the period of one year following the completion of the public improvement in connection with which the records are made. There shall be posted in a prominent and accessible place on the site of the work, or on the internet in a manner that is accessible to the contractor's or subcontractor's employees, a legible statement of the schedule of wage rates specified in the contract to the various classifications of laborers, workers, and mechanics employed, said statement to remain posted during the life of each contract. Each contractor or subcontractor shall file with the contracting public authority upon completion of the public improvement and prior to final payment therefor an affidavit stating that the contractor or subcontractor has fully complied with sections 4115.03 to 4115.16 of the Revised Code. Last updated May 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4141.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4141 / § 4141.32
§ 4141.32. No waiver or assignment of benefits
Status: in_force

September 22, 1982 House Bill 940 - 114th General Assembly Except as permitted by Chapter 4141. of the Revised Code: (A) No agreement by an employee to waive his right to benefits is valid, nor shall benefits be assigned, released, or commuted; and (B) Such benefits are exempt from all claims of creditors and from levy, execution, garnishment, attachment, and all other process or remedy for recovery or collection of a debt, which exemption may not be waived.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4141.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4141 / § 4141.25
§ 4141.25. Contribution rates
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 238 - 135th General Assembly (A) The director of job and family services shall determine as of each computation date the contribution rate of each contributing employer subject to this chapter for the next succeeding contribution period. The director shall determine a standard rate of contribution or an experience rate for each contributing employer. Once a rate of contribution has been established under this section for a contribution period, except as provided in division (D) of section 4141.26 of the Revised Code, that rate shall remain effective throughout such contribution period. The rate of contribution shall be determined in accordance with the following requirements: (1) An employer whose experience does not meet the terms of division (A)(2) of this section shall be assigned a standard rate of contribution. Effective for contribution periods beginning on and after January 1, 1998, an employer's standard rate of contribution shall be a rate of two and seven-tenths per cent, except that the rate for employers engaged in the construction industry shall be the average contribution rate computed for the construction industry or a rate of two and seven-tenths per cent, whichever is greater. The standard rate set forth in this division shall be applicable to a nonprofit organization whose election to make payments in lieu of contributions is voluntarily terminated or canceled by the director under section 4141.241 of the Revised Code, and thereafter pays contributions as required by this section. If such nonprofit organization had been a contributory employer prior to its election to make payments in lieu of contributions, then any prior balance in the contributory account shall become part of the reactivated account. As used in division (A) of this section, "the average contribution rate computed for the construction industry" means the most recent annual average rate attributable to the construction industry as prescribed by the director. (2) A contributing employer subject to this chapter shall qualify for an experience rate only if there have been four consecutive quarters, ending on the thirtieth day of June immediately prior to the computation date, throughout which the employer's account was chargeable with benefits. Upon meeting the qualifying requirements provided in division (A)(2) of this section, the director shall calculate the total credits to each employer's account consisting of the contributions other than mutualized contributions including all contributions paid prior to the computation date for all past periods plus: (a) The contributions owing on the computation date that are paid within thirty days after the computation date, and credited to the employer's account; (b) All voluntary contributions paid by an employer pursuant to division (B) of section 4141.24 of the Revised Code. (3) The director also shall determine the benefits which are chargeable to each employer's account and which were paid prior to the computation date with respect to weeks of unemployment ending prior to the computation date. The director then shall determine the positive or negative balance of each employer's account by calculating the excess of such contributions and interest over the benefits chargeable, or the excess of such benefits over such contributions and interest. Any resulting negative balance then shall be subject to adjustment as provided in division (A)(2) of section 4141.24 of the Revised Code after which the positive or negative balance shall be expressed in terms of a percentage of the employer's average annual payroll. If the total standing to the credit of an employer's account exceeds the total charges, as provided in this division, the employer has a positive balance and if such charges exceed such credits the employer has a negative balance. Each employer's contribution rate shall then be determined in accordance with the following schedule: Contribution Rate Schedule If, as of the computation date the contribution rate balance of an employer's account as a percentage of the employer's average annual payroll is The employer's contribution rate for the next succeeding contribution period shall be (a) A negative balance of: 20.0% or more 6.5% 19.0% but less than 20.0% 6.4% 17.0% but less than 19.0% 6.3% 15.0% but less than 17.0% 6.2% 13.0% but less than 15.0% 6.1% 11.0% but less than 13.0% 6.0% 9.0% but less than 11.0% 5.9% 5.0% but less than 9.0% 5.7% 4.0% but less than 5.0% 5.5% 3.0% but less than 4.0% 5.3% 2.0% but less than 3.0% 5.1% 1.0% but less than 2.0% 4.9% more than 0.0% but less than 1.0% 4.8% (b) A 0.0% or a positive balance of less than 1.0% 4.7% (c) A positive balance of: 1.0% or more, but less than 1.5% 4.6% 1.5% or more, but less than 2.0% 4.5% 2.0% or more, but less than 2.5% 4.3% 2.5% or more, but less than 3.0% 4.0% 3.0% or more, but less than 3.5% 3.8% 3.5% or more, but less than 4.0% 3.5% 4.0% or more, but less than 4.5% 3.3% 4.5% or more, but less than 5.0% 3.0% 5.0% or more, but less than 5.5% 2.8% 5.5% or more, but less than 6.0% 2.5% 6.0% or more, but less than 6.5% 2.2% 6.5% or more, but less than 7.0% 2.0% 7.0% or more, but less than 7.5% 1.8% 7.5% or more, but less than 8.0% 1.6% 8.0% or more, but less than 8.5% 1.4% 8.5% or more, but less than 9.0% 1.3% 9.0% or more, but less than 9.5% 1.1% 9.5% or more, but less than 10.0% 1.0% 10.0% or more, but less than 10.5% .9% 10.5% or more, but less than 11.0% .7% 11.0% or more, but less than 11.5% .6% 11.5% or more, but less than 12.0% .5% 12.0% or more, but less than 12.5% .4% 12.5% or more, but less than 13.0% .3% 13.0% or more, but less than 14.0% .2% 14.0% or more .1% (d) The contribution rates shall be as specified in divisions (a), (b), and (c) of the contribution rate schedule except that notwithstanding the amendments made to division (a) of the contribution rate schedule in this section, if, as of the computation date: for 1991, the negative balance is 5.0% or more, the contribution rate shall be 5.7%; for 1992, if the negative balance is 11.0% or more, the contribution rate shall be 6.0%; and for 1993, if the negative balance is 17.0% or more, the contribution rate shall be 6.3%. Thereafter, the contribution rates shall be as specified in the contribution rate schedule. (B)(1) The director shall establish and maintain a separate account to be known as the "mutualized account." As of each computation date there shall be charged to this account: (a) As provided in division (A)(2) of section 4141.24 of the Revised Code, an amount equal to the sum of that portion of the negative balances of employer accounts which exceeds the applicable limitations as such balances are computed under division (A) of this section as of such date; (b) An amount equal to the sum of the negative balances remaining in employer accounts which have been closed during the year immediately preceding such computation date pursuant to division (E) of section 4141.24 of the Revised Code; (c) An amount equal to the sum of all benefits improperly paid preceding such computation date which are not recovered but which are not charged to an employer's account, or which after being charged, are credited back to an employer's account; (d) An amount equal to the sum of any other benefits paid preceding such computation date which, under this chapter, are not chargeable to an employer's account; (e) An amount equal to the sum of any refunds made during the year immediately preceding such computation date of erroneously collected mutualized contributions required by this division which were previously credited to this account; (f) An amount equal to the sum of any repayments made to the federal government during the year immediately preceding such computation date of amounts which may have been advanced by it to the unemployment compensation fund under section 1201 of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 648 (1935), 42 U.S.C. 301; (g) Any amounts appropriated by the general assembly out of funds paid by the federal government, under section 903 of the "Social Security Act," to the account of this state in the federal unemployment trust fund. (2) As of every computation date there shall be credited to the mutualized account provided for in this division: (a) The proceeds of the mutualized contributions as provided in this division; (b) Any positive balances remaining in employer accounts which are closed as provided in division (E) of section 4141.24 of the Revised Code; (c) Any benefits improperly paid which are recovered but which cannot be credited to an employer's account; (d) All amounts which may be paid by the federal government under section 903 of the "Social Security Act" to the account of this state in the federal unemployment trust fund; (e) Amounts advanced by the federal government to the account of this state in the federal unemployment trust fund under section 1201 of the "Social Security Act" to the extent such advances have been repaid to or recovered by the federal government; (f) Interest credited to the Ohio unemployment trust fund as deposited with the secretary of the treasury of the United States; (g) Amounts deposited into the unemployment compensation fund for penalties collected pursuant to division (A)(4) of section 4141.35 of the Revised Code. (3) Annually, as of the computation date, the director shall determine the total credits and charges made to the mutualized account during the preceding twelve months and the overall condition of the account. The director shall issue an annual statement containing this information and such other information as the director deems pertinent, including a report that the sum of the balances in the mutualized account, employers' accounts, and any subsidiary accounts equal the balance in the state's unemployment trust fund maintained under section 904 of the "Social Security Act." (4) As used in this division: (a) "Fund as of the computation date" means as of any computation date, the aggregate amount of the unemployment compensation fund, including all contributions owing on the computation date that are paid within thirty days thereafter, all payments in lieu of contributions that are paid within sixty days after the computation date, all reimbursements of the federal share of extended benefits described in section 4141.301 of the Revised Code that are owing on the computation date, and all interest earned by the fund and received on or before the computation date from the federal government. (b) "Minimum safe level" means an amount equal to two standard deviations above the average of the adjusted annual average unemployment compensation benefit payment from 1970 to the most recent calendar year prior to the computation date, as determined by the director pursuant to division (B)(4)(b) of this section. To determine the adjusted annual payment of unemployment compensation benefits, the director first shall multiply the number of weeks compensated during each calendar year beginning with 1970 by the most recent annual average weekly unemployment compensation benefit payment and then compute the average and standard deviation of the resultant products. (c) "Annual average weekly unemployment compensation benefit payment" means the amount resulting from dividing the unemployment compensation benefits paid from the benefit account maintained within the unemployment compensation fund pursuant to section 4141.09 of the Revised Code, by the number of weeks compensated during the same time period. (5) If, as of any computation date, the charges to the mutualized account during the entire period subsequent to the computation date, July 1, 1966, made in accordance with division (B)(1) of this section, exceed the credits to such account including mutualized contributions during such period, made in accordance with division (B)(2) of this section, the amount of such excess charges shall be recovered during the next contribution period. To recover such amount, the director shall compute the percentage ratio of such excess charges to the average annual payroll of all employers eligible for an experience rate under division (A) of this section. The percentage so determined shall be computed to the nearest tenth of one per cent and shall be an additional contribution rate to be applied to the wages paid by each employer whose rate is computed under the provisions of division (A) of this section in the contribution period next following such computation date, but such percentage shall not exceed five-tenths of one per cent; however, when there are any excess charges in the mutualized account, as computed in this division, then the mutualized contribution rate shall not be less than one-tenth of one per cent. (6) If the fund as of the computation date is above or below minimum safe level, the contribution rates provided for in each classification in division (A)(3) of this section for the next contribution period shall be adjusted as follows: (a) If the fund is thirty per cent or more above minimum safe level, the contribution rates provided in division (A)(3) of this section shall be decreased two-tenths of one per cent. (b) If the fund is more than fifteen per cent but less than thirty per cent above minimum safe level, the contribution rates provided in division (A)(3) of this section shall be decreased one-tenth of one per cent. (c) If the fund is more than fifteen per cent but less than thirty per cent below minimum safe level, the contribution rates of all employers shall be increased twenty-five one-thousandths of one per cent plus a per cent increase calculated and rounded pursuant to division (B)(6)(g) of this section. (d) If the fund is more than thirty per cent but less than forty-five per cent below minimum safe level, the contribution rates of all employers shall be increased seventy-five one-thousandths of one per cent plus a per cent increase calculated and rounded pursuant to division (B)(6)(g) of this section. (e) If the fund is more than forty-five per cent but less than sixty per cent below minimum safe level, the contribution rates of all employers shall be increased one-eighth of one per cent plus a per cent increase calculated and rounded pursuant to division (B)(6)(g) of this section. (f) If the fund is sixty per cent or more below minimum safe level, the contribution rates of all employers shall be increased two-tenths of one per cent plus a per cent increase calculated and rounded pursuant to division (B)(6)(g) of this section. (g) The additional per cent increase in contribution rates required by divisions (B)(6)(c), (d), (e), and (f) of this section that is payable by each individual employer shall be calculated in the following manner. The flat rate increase required by a particular division shall be multiplied by three and the product divided by the average experienced-rated contribution rate for all employers as determined by the director for the most recent calendar year. The resulting quotient shall be multiplied by an individual employer's contribution rate determined pursuant to division (A)(3) of this section. The resulting product shall be rounded to the nearest tenth of one per cent, added to the flat rate increase required by division (B)(6)(c), (d), (e), or (f) of this section, as appropriate, and the total shall be rounded to the nearest tenth of one per cent. As used in division (B)(6)(g) of this section, the "average experienced-rated contribution rate" means the most recent annual average contribution rate reported by the director contained in report RS 203.2 less the mutualized and minimum safe level contribution rates included in such rate. (h) If any of the increased contribution rates of division (B)(6)(c), (d), (e), or (f) of this section are imposed, the rate shall remain in effect for the calendar year in which it is imposed and for each calendar year thereafter until the director determines as of the computation date for calendar year 1991 and as of the computation date for any calendar year thereafter pursuant to this section, that the level of the unemployment compensation fund equals or exceeds the minimum safe level as defined in division (B)(4)(b) of this section. Nothing in division (B)(6)(h) of this section shall be construed as restricting the imposition of the increased contribution rates provided in divisions (B)(6)(c), (d), (e), and (f) of this section if the fund falls below the percentage of the minimum safe level as specified in those divisions. (7) The additional contributions required by division (B)(5) of this section shall be credited to the mutualized account. The additional contributions required by division (B)(6) of this section shall be credited fifty per cent to individual employer accounts and fifty per cent to the mutualized account. (C) If an employer makes a payment of contributions which is less than the full amount required by this section and sections 4141.23 , 4141.24 , 4141.241 , 4141.242 , 4141.25 , 4141.26 , and 4141.27 of the Revised Code, such partial payment shall be applied first against the mutualized contributions required under this chapter. Any remaining partial payment shall be credited to the employer's individual account. (D) Whenever there are any increases in contributions resulting from an increase in wages subject to contributions as defined in division (G) of section 4141.01 of the Revised Code, or from an increase in the mutualized rate of contributions provided in division (B) of this section, or from a revision of the contribution rate schedule provided in division (A) of this section, except for that portion of the increase attributable to a change in the positive or negative balance in an employer's account, which increases become effective after a contract for the construction of real property, as defined in section 5701.02 of the Revised Code, has been entered into, the contractee upon written notice by a prime contractor shall reimburse the contractor for all increased contributions paid by the prime contractor or by subcontractors upon wages for services performed under the contract. Upon reimbursement by the contractee to the prime contractor, the prime contractor shall reimburse each subcontractor for the increased contributions. (E) Effective only for the contribution period beginning on January 1, 1996, and ending on December 31, 1996, mutualized contributions collected or received by the director pursuant to division (B)(5) of this section and amounts credited to the mutualized account pursuant to division (B)(7) of this section shall be deposited into or credited to the unemployment compensation benefit reserve fund that is created under division (F) of this section, except that amounts collected, received, or credited in excess of two hundred million dollars shall be deposited into or credited to the unemployment trust fund established pursuant to section 4141.09 of the Revised Code. (F) The state unemployment compensation benefit reserve fund is hereby created as a trust fund in the custody of the treasurer of state and shall not be part of the state treasury. The fund shall consist of all moneys collected or received as mutualized contributions pursuant to division (B)(5) of this section and amounts credited to the mutualized account pursuant to division (B)(7) of this section as provided by division (E) of this section. All moneys in the fund shall be used solely to pay unemployment compensation benefits in the event that funds are no longer available for that purpose from the unemployment trust fund established pursuant to section 4141.09 of the Revised Code. (G) The balance in the unemployment compensation benefit reserve fund remaining at the end of the contribution period beginning January 1, 2000, and any mutualized contribution amounts for the contribution period beginning on January 1, 1996, that may be received after December 31, 2000, shall be deposited into the unemployment trust fund established pursuant to section 4141.09 of the Revised Code. Income earned on moneys in the state unemployment compensation benefit reserve fund shall be available for use by the director only for the purposes described in division (I) of this section, and shall not be used for any other purpose. (H) The unemployment compensation benefit reserve fund balance shall be added to the unemployment trust fund balance in determining the minimum safe level tax to be imposed pursuant to division (B) of this section and shall be included in the mutualized account balance for the purpose of determining the mutualized contribution rate pursuant to division (B)(5) of this section. (I) All income earned on moneys in the unemployment compensation benefit reserve fund from the investment of the fund by the treasurer of state shall accrue to the department of job and family services automation administration fund, which is hereby established in the state treasury. Moneys within the automation administration fund shall be used to meet the costs related to automation of the department and the administrative costs related to collecting and accounting for unemployment compensation benefit reserve fund revenue. Any funds remaining in the automation administration fund upon completion of the department's automation projects that are funded by that fund shall be deposited into the unemployment trust fund established pursuant to section 4141.09 of the Revised Code. (J) The director may approve funds for expenditure for purposes set forth in division (I) of this section only to the extent that federal or other funds are not available. Last updated February 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4164.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4164 / § 4164.05
§ 4164.05. Authority membership; length of terms
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The authority shall consist of nine members appointed by the governor, representing the following three stakeholder groups within the nuclear-engineering-and-manufacturing industry: (1) Safety; (2) Industry; (3) Engineering research and development. (B)(1) A member appointed from the safety group shall hold at least a bachelor's degree in nuclear, mechanical, chemical, or electrical engineering and at least one of the following shall also apply: (a) The member is a recognized professional in nuclear-reactor safety or developing ISO 9000 standards. (b) The member has been employed by or has worked closely with the United States department of energy or the nuclear regulatory commission and the member also has a professional background in nuclear-energy-technology development or advanced-nuclear-reactor concepts. (c) The member has been employed by a contractor that has built concept reactors and the member also worked with hazardous substances, either nuclear or chemical, during that employment. (2) A member appointed from the industry group shall have at least five years of experience in one or more of the following: (a) Nuclear-power-plant operation; (b) Processing and extracting isotopes; (c) Managing a facility that deals with hazardous substances, either nuclear or chemical; (d) Handling and storing nuclear waste. (3) A member appointed from the engineering research and development group shall hold at least a bachelor's degree in nuclear, mechanical, chemical, or electrical engineering and the member shall also be a recognized professional in at least one of the following areas of study: (a) Advanced nuclear reactors; (b) Materials science involving the study of alloys and metallurgy, ceramics, or composites; (c) Molten-salt chemistry; (d) Solid-state chemistry; (e) Chemical physics; (f) Actinide chemistry; (g) Instrumentation and sensors; (h) Control systems. (C) The members shall be United States citizens and residents of this state. (D) The members shall serve five-year terms. (E) Any appointment to fill a vacancy on the authority shall be made for the unexpired term of the member whose death, resignation, or removal created the vacancy. Last updated October 26, 2023 at 9:54 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4123 / § 4123.42
§ 4123.42. Custodian of state insurance fund
Status: in_force

October 20, 1993 House Bill 107 - 120th General Assembly The treasurer of state shall be custodian of the state insurance fund, the occupational disease fund. The treasurer shall pay disbursements from the funds upon warrants drawn by the bureau of workers' compensation and signed by the administrator of workers' compensation. The warrants may bear the facsimile signature of the administrator printed thereon, or the facsimile signature printed thereon of the employee of the bureau charged with the duty of keeping the account of the funds and with the preparation of warrants for the payment of compensation to the persons entitled thereto. The treasurer of state shall give a separate and additional bond, in the amount fixed by the governor and with sureties to his approval, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as custodian of the state insurance fund. The bond shall be deposited with the secretary of state and kept in his office. The bureau shall pay the premium on the bond.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4167.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4167 / § 4167.15
§ 4167.15. Request for hearing on order, rule or standard
Status: in_force

June 21, 2005 House Bill 67 - 126th General Assembly Any public employer, public employee, or public employee representative affected by an order, rule, or Ohio employment risk reduction standard proposed, adopted, or otherwise issued pursuant to this chapter, may request, within fourteen days after the proposal, adoption, or issuance of the order, rule, or standard, a hearing from the administrator of workers' compensation. The administrator, within fourteen days after receipt of a request for a hearing, shall appoint a hearing officer to make a determination as to the request. The hearing officer, within fourteen days after the hearing officer's appointment, shall hold a hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and, within fourteen days after the hearing, render a decision. A public employer, public employee, or public employee representative may appeal the decision of the hearing officer to the administrator, provided that the appeal is made within thirty days after the hearing officer issues the decision. The decision of the hearing officer is final unless appealed to the administrator within the time period set in this section or unless the administrator, on the administrator's own motion, modifies or reverses the decision within that time period. If a party fails to appeal the decision of the hearing officer, the decision of the hearing officer is not, for purposes of section 4167.16 of the Revised Code, a final order of the administrator and is not appealable to court as provided in section 4167.16 of the Revised Code, except that if the party fails to appeal the decision of the hearing officer, and the administrator modifies or reverses the decision under this section, the decision of the administrator is appealable to court pursuant to section 4167.16 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4121.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4121 / § 4121.35
§ 4121.35. Staff hearing officers - jurisdiction
Status: in_force

September 29, 1997 House Bill 362 - 122nd General Assembly (A) Staff hearing officers shall consider and decide all matters specified in division (B) of this section. All staff hearing officers are full-time employees of the industrial commission and shall be admitted to the practice of law in this state. Staff hearing officers shall not engage in any other activity that interferes with their full-time employment by the commission during normal working hours. (B) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, staff hearing officers have original jurisdiction to hear and decide the following matters: (1) Applications for permanent, total disability awards pursuant to section 4123.58 of the Revised Code; (2) Appeals from an order of a district hearing officer issued under division (C) of section 4123.511 of the Revised Code; (3) Applications for additional awards for violation of a specific safety rule of the administrator of workers' compensation pursuant to Section 35 of Article II of the Ohio Constitution; (4) Applications for reconsideration pursuant to division (A) of section 4123.57 of the Revised Code. Decisions of the staff hearing officers on reconsideration pursuant to division (A) of section 4123.57 of the Revised Code are final. (5) Reviews of settlement agreements pursuant to section 4123.65 of the Revised Code. Decisions of the staff hearing officer under that section are final and not appealable to the commission or to court under section 4123.511 or 4123.512 of the Revised Code. (C) The decision of a staff hearing officer under division (D) of section 4123.511 of the Revised Code is the decision of the commission for the purposes of section 4123.512 of the Revised Code unless the commission hears an appeal under division (E) of section 4123.511 of the Revised Code. (D) Staff hearing officers shall hold hearings on all matters referred to them for hearing. Hearing procedures shall conform to the rules the commission adopts pursuant to section 4121.36 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4133.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4133 / § 4133.10
§ 4133.10. Workers' compensation lease termination notices
Status: in_force

September 26, 2025 House Bill 81 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "self-insuring employer" has the same meaning as in section 4123.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Not later than thirty calendar days after the date on which an alternate employer organization agreement is terminated, the alternate employer organization is adjudged bankrupt, the alternate employer organization ceases operations within the state of Ohio, or the registration of the alternate employer organization is revoked, the alternate employer organization shall submit to the administrator of workers' compensation and each client employer associated with that alternate employer organization a completed workers' compensation lease termination notice form provided by the administrator. If an alternate employer organization is not a self-insuring employer, the completed form shall include all client payroll and claim information listed in a format specified by the administrator and notice of all workers' compensation claims that have been reported to the alternate employer organization in accordance with its internal reporting policies. (C) An alternate employer organization shall report any transfer of employees between related alternate employer organization entities to the administrator within fourteen calendar days after the date of the transfer on a form prescribed by the administrator. If the alternate employer organization is not a self-insuring employer, the alternate employer organization shall include in the form all client payroll and claim information regarding the transferred employees listed in a format specified by the administrator and a notice of all workers' compensation claims that have been reported to the alternate employer organization in accordance with the internal reporting policies of the alternate employer organization. Last updated August 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4121.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4121 / § 4121.26
§ 4121.26. Statement of issues not adequately considered - stay of proceedings
Status: in_force

November 3, 1989 House Bill 222 - 118th General Assembly If upon the trial of an action under section 4121.25 of the Revised Code it appears that all issues arising in the action have not theretofore been presented to the bureau of workers' compensation in the petition filed as provided in section 4121.23 of the Revised Code, or that the bureau has not theretofore had ample opportunity to hear and determine any of the issues raised in the action, or has for any reason not in fact heard and determined the issues raised, the court shall, before proceeding to render judgment, unless the parties to the action stipulate to the contrary, transmit to the bureau a full statement of the issues not adequately considered and shall stay further proceedings in the action for fifteen days from the date of transmission and may thereafter grant such further stay as is necessary. Upon the receipt of the statement the bureau shall consider the issues not theretofore considered, and may alter, modify, amend, or rescind its order complained of in the action, and shall report its order thereon to the court within ten days from the receipt of the statement from the court for further hearing and consideration. The court shall thereupon order such amendment or other proceeding as is necessary to raise the issues as changed by the modification of order as has been made by the bureau upon the hearing, if any modification has in fact been made, and shall thereupon proceed with the action in the manner provided by law for other civil actions.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4121.65 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4121 / § 4121.65
§ 4121.65. Employer may furnish rehabilitation services
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 52 - 131st General Assembly Self-insuring employers may furnish rehabilitation services as long as the quality and content of the services are equal to or greater than that provided by the bureau of workers' compensation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.039 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4123 / § 4123.039
§ 4123.039. Eligibility for benefits of apprentices
Status: in_force

November 3, 1989 House Bill 222 - 118th General Assembly For the purposes of sections 4123.038 and 4123.039 of the Revised Code, every apprentice with respect to his related and supplemental instructions, and every pre-apprentice, entry-level trainee, or journeyman trainee shall be in the employment of whichever of the following desires to secure workers' compensation in respect to the apprentice: (A) A joint apprenticeship committee; (B) Any sponsoring organization offering, conducting, supervising, or giving training to apprentices. If any joint apprenticeship committee, or any other sponsoring organization offering, conducting, supervising, or giving training to apprentices, pre-apprentices, entry-level trainees, or journeyman trainees desires to secure workers' compensation coverage for those persons in the event of their injury, disease, or death while engaged in related training activities, but not such as would entitle them to compensation as an employee as defined in division (A) of section 4123.01 of the Revised Code, any joint apprenticeship committee, or other sponsoring organization may contract with the bureau of workers' compensation for coverage of those persons under this chapter, while in the performance of the related training activities. The contract shall contain provisions for the determination of premiums, average weekly wages or their equivalent, the identity of the persons covered, and other provisions as are necessary in each case to establish or define the risk and determine claims arising thereunder. Upon execution of a contract, the persons covered thereby are entitled to the same benefits, payable from the state insurance fund, which are accorded to employees as defined in division (A) of section 4123.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4113.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4113 / § 4113.13
§ 4113.13. Veterans' benefits and services poster
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 Senate Bill 39 - 136th General Assembly (A) The director of commerce, in consultation with the director of veterans services, shall create a veterans' benefits and services poster. The director of commerce shall include information about the following topics in the poster: (1) Programs provided by the department of veterans services, including the department's contact and web site information; (2) The United States department of veterans affairs veterans crisis line, including contact information for the crisis line; (3) Substance abuse and mental health treatment programs available to veterans; (4) Educational, workforce, and training resources available to veterans; (5) Tax benefits and exemptions available to veterans; (6) The availability of an armed forces designation on an Ohio driver's license or identification card; (7) Eligibility for unemployment benefits under Chapter 4141. of the Revised Code and federal unemployment compensation law; (8) Legal services available to veterans; (9) The availability of any other benefit or service relevant to veterans that the directors determine should be included on the poster. (B) An employer employing employees in this state may display a copy of the poster created under division (A) of this section on the employer's premises in a conspicuous place that is frequented by the largest number of employees and to which all employees have access. The director of commerce shall provide an employer with a copy of the poster free of charge at the request of the employer. Last updated September 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4123 / § 4123.44
§ 4123.44. Investment of surplus or reserve of state insurance fund
Status: in_force

September 26, 2025 House Bill 81 - 136th General Assembly The members of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, the administrator of workers' compensation, and the bureau of workers' compensation chief investment officer are fiduciaries to the state insurance fund. The administrator, in accordance with sections 4121.126 and 4121.127 of the Revised Code and the investment policy approved by the board pursuant to section 4121.12 of the Revised Code, and in consultation with the bureau of workers' compensation chief investment officer, may invest any of the surplus or reserve belonging to the state insurance fund. The administrator and the bureau of workers' compensation chief investment officer shall not deviate from the investment policy approved by the board without the approval of the workers' compensation investment committee and the board. The administrator shall not invest in any type of investment specified in divisions (B)(1) to (10) of section 4123.442 of the Revised Code. The administrator shall not make an investment decision with the primary purpose of influencing any social or environmental policy or attempting to influence the governance of any corporation. The administrator and other fiduciaries shall discharge their duties with respect to the funds with the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims, and by diversifying the investments of the assets of the funds so as to minimize the risk of large losses, unless under the circumstances it is clearly prudent not to do so. The administrator and other fiduciaries, in accordance with their fiduciary duties described under this section, shall make investment decisions with the sole purpose of maximizing the return on investments and that are consistent with any other fiduciary responsibilities of the administrator and other fiduciaries under this chapter and Chapters 4121., 4127., and 4131. of the Revised Code. To facilitate investment of the funds, the administrator may establish a partnership, trust, limited liability company, corporation, including a corporation exempt from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code, 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 1, as amended, or any other legal entity authorized to transact business in this state. When reporting on the performance of investments, the administrator shall comply with the performance presentation standards established by the association for investment management and research. All investments shall be purchased at current market prices and the evidences of title to the investments shall be placed in the custody of the treasurer of state, who is hereby designated as custodian, or in the custody of the treasurer of state's authorized agent. Evidences of title of the investments so purchased may be deposited by the treasurer of state for safekeeping with an authorized agent selected by the treasurer of state who is a qualified trustee under section 135.18 of the Revised Code. The treasurer of state or the agent shall collect the principal, dividends, distributions, and interest as they become due and payable and place them when collected into the state insurance fund. The treasurer of state shall pay for investments purchased by the administrator on receipt of written or electronic instructions from the administrator or the administrator's designated agent authorizing the purchase, and pending receipt of the evidence of title of the investment by the treasurer of state or the treasurer of state's authorized agent. The administrator may sell investments held by the administrator, and the treasurer of state or the treasurer of state's authorized agent shall accept payment from the purchaser and deliver evidence of title of the investment to the purchaser, on receipt of written or electronic instructions from the administrator or the administrator's designated agent authorizing the sale, and pending receipt of the moneys for the investments. The amount received shall be placed in the state insurance fund. The administrator and the treasurer of state may enter into agreements to establish procedures for the purchase and sale of investments under this division and the custody of the investments. No purchase or sale of any investment shall be made under this section, except as authorized by the administrator. Any statement of financial position distributed by the administrator shall include the fair value, as of the statement date, of all investments held by the administrator under this section. When in the judgment of the administrator it is necessary to provide available funds for the payment of compensation or benefits under this chapter, the administrator may borrow money from any available source and pledge as security a sufficient amount of bonds or other securities in which the state insurance fund is invested. The aggregate unpaid amount of loans existing at any one time for money so borrowed shall not exceed ten million dollars. The bonds or other securities so pledged as security for such loans to the administrator shall be the sole security for the payment of the principal and interest of any such loan. The administrator shall not be personally liable for the payment of the principal or the interest of any such loan. No such loan shall be made for a longer period of time than one year. Such loans may be renewed but no one renewal shall be for a period in excess of one year. Such loans shall bear such rate of interest as the administrator determines and in negotiating the loans, the administrator shall endeavor to secure as favorable interest rates and terms as circumstances will permit. The treasurer of state may deliver to the person or governmental agency making such loan, the bonds or other securities which are to be pledged by the administrator as security for such loan, upon receipt by the treasurer of state of an order of the administrator authorizing such loan. Upon payment of any such loan by the administrator, the bonds or other securities pledged as security therefor shall be returned to the treasurer of state as custodian of such bonds. The administrator may pledge with the treasurer of state such amount of bonds or other securities in which the state insurance fund is invested as is reasonably necessary as security for any certificates issued, or paid out, by the treasurer of state upon any warrants drawn by the administrator. The administrator may secure investment information services, consulting services, and other like services to facilitate investment of the surplus and reserve belonging to the state insurance fund. The administrator shall pay the expense of securing such services from the state insurance fund. The board and administrator shall not take any action to promote a policy under which the administrator makes investment decisions with the primary purpose of influencing any social or environmental policy or attempting to influence the governance of any corporation. Last updated August 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4127.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4127 / § 4127.01
§ 4127.01. Public works relief compensation definitions
Status: in_force

January 1, 1979 House Bill 1282 - 112th General Assembly As used in sections 4127.01 to 4127.14 of the Revised Code: (A) "Work-relief employee" means any person engaged in any public relief employment, and receiving "work-relief," who is under the supervision and control of any employer mentioned in this section or any agency of such employer. (B) "Work-relief" means public relief given in the form of public funds or goods, on the basis of the budgetary needs of the work-relief employee and his dependents, in exchange for any service or labor rendered on or in connection with any public relief employment. (C) "Employer" means each county, municipal corporation, township, school district, the state, and the state relief commission or any other state agency having supervision or control of work-relief employees, either directly or through agencies.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4105.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4105 / § 4105.02
§ 4105.02. Certificate of competency in elevator inspection
Status: in_force

December 29, 2023 Senate Bill 131 - 134th General Assembly No person may act, either as a general inspector or as a special inspector, of elevators, unless the person holds a certificate of competency from the division of industrial compliance. Application for examination as an inspector of elevators shall be in writing, accompanied by a fee to be established as provided in section 4105.17 of the Revised Code, and upon a blank to be furnished by the division, stating the school education of the applicant, a list of the applicant's employers, the applicant's period of employment, and the position held with each. An applicant shall also submit a letter from one or more of the applicant's previous employers certifying as to the applicant's character and experience. Applications shall be rejected which contain any willful falsification or untruthful statements. An applicant, if the division considers the applicant's history and experience sufficient, shall be examined by the superintendent of industrial compliance by a written examination dealing with the construction, installation, operation, maintenance, and repair of elevators and their appurtenances, and the applicant shall be accepted or rejected on the merits of the applicant's application and examination. Except as provided in this section, the superintendent shall issue a certificate of competency in the inspection of elevators to any applicant found competent upon examination. A rejected applicant shall be entitled, after the expiration of ninety days and upon payment of an examination fee to be established as provided in section 4105.17 of the Revised Code, to another examination. Should an applicant fail to pass the prescribed examination on second trial, the applicant will not be permitted to be an applicant for another examination for a period of one year after the second examination. The superintendent shall issue a certificate of competency in the inspection of elevators in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an applicant if either of the following applies: (A) The applicant holds a license or certificate in another state. (B) The applicant has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as an inspector of elevators in a state that does not issue that license or certificate. Last updated December 29, 2023 at 6:48 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4123 / § 4123.54
§ 4123.54. Compensation in case of injury or death - agreement if work performed in another state
Status: in_force

September 26, 2025 House Bill 81 (GA 136), Senate Bill 33 (GA 136) (A) Except as otherwise provided in this division or divisions (I) and (K) of this section, every employee, who is injured or who contracts an occupational disease, and the dependents of each employee who is killed, or dies as the result of an occupational disease contracted in the course of employment, wherever the injury has occurred or occupational disease has been contracted, is entitled to receive the compensation for loss sustained on account of the injury, occupational disease, or death, and the medical, nurse, and hospital services and medicines, and the amount of funeral expenses in case of death, as are provided by this chapter. The compensation and benefits shall be provided, as applicable, directly from the employee's self-insuring employer as provided in section 4123.35 of the Revised Code or from the state insurance fund. An employee or dependent is not entitled to receive compensation or benefits under this division if the employee's injury or occupational disease is either of the following: (1) Purposely self-inflicted; (2) Caused by the employee being intoxicated, under the influence of a controlled substance not prescribed by a physician, certified nurse-midwife, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner, or under the influence of marihuana if being intoxicated, under the influence of a controlled substance not prescribed by a physician, certified nurse-midwife, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner, or under the influence of marihuana was the proximate cause of the injury. (B) For the purpose of this section, provided that an employer has posted written notice to employees that the results of, or the employee's refusal to submit to, any chemical test described under this division may affect the employee's eligibility for compensation and benefits pursuant to this chapter and Chapter 4121. of the Revised Code, there is a rebuttable presumption that an employee is intoxicated, under the influence of a controlled substance not prescribed by the employee's physician, certified nurse-midwife, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner, or under the influence of marihuana and that being intoxicated, under the influence of a controlled substance not prescribed by the employee's physician, certified nurse-midwife, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner, or under the influence of marihuana is the proximate cause of an injury under either of the following conditions: (1) When any one or more of the following is true: (a) The employee, through a qualifying chemical test administered within eight hours of an injury, is determined to have an alcohol concentration level equal to or in excess of the levels established in divisions (A)(1)(b) to (i) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code. (b) The employee, through a qualifying chemical test administered within thirty-two hours of an injury, is determined to have a controlled substance not prescribed by the employee's physician, certified nurse-midwife, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner or marihuana in the employee's system at a level equal to or in excess of the cutoff concentration level for the particular substance as provided in section 40.85 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 49 C.F.R. 40.85 , as it existed on January 1, 2024, or as subsequently amended as a result of a statute or rule. (c) The employee, through a qualifying chemical test administered within thirty-two hours of an injury, is determined to have barbiturates, benzodiazepines, or methadone in the employee's system that tests above levels established by laboratories certified by the United States department of health and human services. (2) When the employee refuses to submit to a requested chemical test, on the condition that that employee is or was given notice that the refusal to submit to any chemical test described in division (B)(1) of this section may affect the employee's eligibility for compensation and benefits under this chapter and Chapter 4121. of the Revised Code. (C)(1) For purposes of division (B) of this section, a chemical test is a qualifying chemical test if it is administered to an employee after an injury under at least one of the following conditions: (a) When the employee's employer had reasonable cause to suspect that the employee may be intoxicated, under the influence of a controlled substance not prescribed by the employee's physician, certified nurse-midwife, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner, or under the influence of marihuana; (b) At the request of a police officer pursuant to section 4511.191 of the Revised Code, and not at the request of the employee's employer; (c) At the request of a licensed physician, certified nurse-midwife, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner who is not employed by the employee's employer, and not at the request of the employee's employer. (2) As used in division (C)(1)(a) of this section, "reasonable cause" means, but is not limited to, evidence that an employee is or was using alcohol, a controlled substance, or marihuana drawn from specific, objective facts and reasonable inferences drawn from these facts in light of experience and training. These facts and inferences may be based on, but are not limited to, any of the following: (a) Observable phenomena, such as direct observation of use, possession, or distribution of alcohol, a controlled substance, or marihuana, or of the physical symptoms of being under the influence of alcohol, a controlled substance, or marihuana, such as but not limited to slurred speech; dilated pupils; odor of alcohol, a controlled substance, or marihuana; changes in affect; or dynamic mood swings; (b) A pattern of abnormal conduct, erratic or aberrant behavior, or deteriorating work performance such as frequent absenteeism, excessive tardiness, or recurrent accidents, that appears to be related to the use of alcohol, a controlled substance, or marihuana, and does not appear to be attributable to other factors; (c) The identification of an employee as the focus of a criminal investigation into unauthorized possession, use, or trafficking of a controlled substance or marihuana; (d) A report of use of alcohol, a controlled substance, or marihuana provided by a reliable and credible source; (e) Repeated or flagrant violations of the safety or work rules of the employee's employer, that are determined by the employee's supervisor to pose a substantial risk of physical injury or property damage and that appear to be related to the use of alcohol, a controlled substance, or marihuana and that do not appear attributable to other factors. (D) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the rights of an employer to test employees for alcohol or controlled substance abuse. (E) For the purpose of this section, laboratories certified by the United States department of health and human services or laboratories that meet or exceed the standards of that department for laboratory certification shall be used for processing the test results of a qualifying chemical test. (F) The written notice required by division (B) of this section shall be the same size or larger than the proof of workers' compensation coverage furnished by the bureau of workers' compensation and shall be posted by the employer in the same location as the proof of workers' compensation coverage or the certificate of self-insurance. An employer may post the written notice required by division (B) of this section on the internet in a manner that is accessible to the employer's employees. (G) If a condition that pre-existed an injury is substantially aggravated by the injury, and that substantial aggravation is documented by objective diagnostic findings, objective clinical findings, or objective test results, no compensation or benefits are payable because of the pre-existing condition once that condition has returned to a level that would have existed without the injury. (H)(1) Whenever, with respect to an employee of an employer who is subject to and has complied with this chapter, there is possibility of conflict with respect to the application of workers' compensation laws because the contract of employment is entered into and all or some portion of the work is or is to be performed in a state or states other than Ohio, the employer and the employee may agree to be bound by the laws of this state or by the laws of some other state in which all or some portion of the work of the employee is to be performed. The agreement shall be in writing and shall be filed with the bureau of workers' compensation within ten days after it is executed and shall remain in force until terminated or modified by agreement of the parties similarly filed. If the agreement is to be bound by the laws of this state and the employer has complied with this chapter, then the employee is entitled to compensation and benefits regardless of where the injury occurs or the disease is contracted and the rights of the employee and the employee's dependents under the laws of this state are the exclusive remedy against the employer on account of injury, disease, or death in the course of and arising out of the employee's employment. If the agreement is to be bound by the laws of another state and the employer has complied with the laws of that state, the rights of the employee and the employee's dependents under the laws of that state are the exclusive remedy against the employer on account of injury, disease, or death in the course of and arising out of the employee's employment without regard to the place where the injury was sustained or the disease contracted. If an employer and an employee enter into an agreement under this division, the fact that the employer and the employee entered into that agreement shall not be construed to change the status of an employee whose continued employment is subject to the will of the employer or the employee, unless the agreement contains a provision that expressly changes that status. (2) If an employee or the employee's dependents receive an award of compensation or benefits under this chapter or Chapter 4121., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code for the same injury, occupational disease, or death for which the employee or the employee's dependents previously pursued or otherwise elected to accept workers' compensation benefits and received a decision on the merits as defined in section 4123.542 of the Revised Code under the laws of another state or recovered damages under the laws of another state, the claim shall be disallowed and the administrator or any self-insuring employer, by any lawful means, may collect from the employee or the employee's dependents any of the following: (a) The amount of compensation or benefits paid to or on behalf of the employee or the employee's dependents by the administrator or a self-insuring employer pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 4121., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code for that award; (b) Any interest, attorney's fees, and costs the administrator or the self-insuring employer incurs in collecting that payment. (3) If an employee or the employee's dependents receive an award of compensation or benefits under this chapter or Chapter 4121., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code and subsequently pursue or otherwise elect to accept workers' compensation benefits or damages under the laws of another state for the same injury, occupational disease, or death the claim under this chapter or Chapter 4121., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code shall be disallowed. The administrator or a self-insuring employer, by any lawful means, may collect from the employee or the employee's dependents or other-states' insurer any of the following: (a) The amount of compensation or benefits paid to or on behalf of the employee or the employee's dependents by the administrator or the self-insuring employer pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 4121., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code for that award; (b) Any interest, costs, and attorney's fees the administrator or the self-insuring employer incurs in collecting that payment; (c) Any costs incurred by an employer in contesting or responding to any claim filed by the employee or the employee's dependents for the same injury, occupational disease, or death that was filed after the original claim for which the employee or the employee's dependents received a decision on the merits as described in section 4123.542 of the Revised Code. (4) If the employee's employer pays premiums into the state insurance fund, the administrator shall not charge the amount of compensation or benefits the administrator collects pursuant to division (H)(2) or (3) of this section to the employer's experience. If the administrator collects any costs incurred by an employer in contesting or responding to any claim pursuant to division (H)(2) or (3) of this section, the administrator shall forward the amount collected to that employer. If the employee's employer is a self-insuring employer, the self-insuring employer shall deduct the amount of compensation or benefits the self-insuring employer collects pursuant to this division from the paid compensation the self-insuring employer reports to the administrator under division (L) of section 4123.35 of the Revised Code. (5) If an employee is a resident of a state other than this state and is insured under the workers' compensation law or similar laws of a state other than this state, the employee and the employee's dependents are not entitled to receive compensation or benefits under this chapter, on account of injury, disease, or death arising out of or in the course of employment while temporarily within this state, and the rights of the employee and the employee's dependents under the laws of the other state are the exclusive remedy against the employer on account of the injury, disease, or death. (6) An employee, or the dependent of an employee, who elects to receive compensation and benefits under this chapter or Chapter 4121., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code for a claim may not receive compensation and benefits under the workers' compensation laws of any state other than this state for that same claim. For each claim submitted by or on behalf of an employee, the administrator or, if the employee is employed by a self-insuring employer, the self-insuring employer, shall request the employee or the employee's dependent to sign an election that affirms the employee's or employee's dependent's acceptance of electing to receive compensation and benefits under this chapter or Chapter 4121., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code for that claim that also affirmatively waives and releases the employee's or the employee's dependent's right to file for and receive compensation and benefits under the laws of any state other than this state for that claim. The employee or employee's dependent shall sign the election form within twenty-eight days after the administrator or self-insuring employer submits the request or the administrator or self-insuring employer shall dismiss that claim. In the event a workers' compensation claim has been filed in another jurisdiction on behalf of an employee or the dependents of an employee, and the employee or dependents subsequently elect to receive compensation, benefits, or both under this chapter or Chapter 4121., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code, the employee or dependent shall withdraw or refuse acceptance of the workers' compensation claim filed in the other jurisdiction in order to pursue compensation or benefits under the laws of this state. If the employee or dependents were awarded workers' compensation benefits or had recovered damages under the laws of the other state, any compensation and benefits awarded under this chapter or Chapter 4121., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code shall be paid only to the extent to which those payments exceed the amounts paid under the laws of the other state. If the employee or dependent fails to withdraw or to refuse acceptance of the workers' compensation claim in the other jurisdiction within twenty-eight days after a request made by the administrator or a self-insuring employer, the administrator or self-insuring employer shall dismiss the employee's or employee's dependents' claim made in this state. (I) If an employee who is covered under the federal "Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act," 98 Stat. 1639, 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq., is injured or contracts an occupational disease or dies as a result of an injury or occupational disease, and if that employee's or that employee's dependents' claim for compensation or benefits for that injury, occupational disease, or death is subject to the jurisdiction of that act, the employee or the employee's dependents are not entitled to apply for and shall not receive compensation or benefits under this chapter and Chapter 4121. of the Revised Code. The rights of such an employee and the employee's dependents under the federal "Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act," 98 Stat. 1639, 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq., are the exclusive remedy against the employer for that injury, occupational disease, or death. (J) Compensation or benefits are not payable to a claimant or a dependent during the period of confinement of the claimant or dependent in any state or federal correctional institution, or in any county jail in lieu of incarceration in a state or federal correctional institution, whether in this or any other state for conviction of violation of any state or federal criminal law. (K) An employer, upon the approval of the administrator, may provide for workers' compensation coverage for the employer's employees who are professional athletes and coaches by submitting to the administrator proof of coverage under a league policy issued under the laws of another state under either of the following circumstances: (1) The employer administers the payroll and workers' compensation insurance for a professional sports team subject to a collective bargaining agreement, and the collective bargaining agreement provides for the uniform administration of workers' compensation benefits and compensation for professional athletes. (2) The employer is a professional sports league, or is a member team of a professional sports league, and all of the following apply: (a) The professional sports league operates as a single entity, whereby all of the players and coaches of the sports league are employees of the sports league and not of the individual member teams. (b) The professional sports league at all times maintains workers' compensation insurance that provides coverage for the players and coaches of the sports league. (c) Each individual member team of the professional sports league, pursuant to the organizational or operating documents of the sports league, is obligated to the sports league to pay to the sports league any workers' compensation claims that are not covered by the workers' compensation insurance maintained by the sports league. If the administrator approves the employer's proof of coverage submitted under division (K) of this section, a professional athlete or coach who is an employee of the employer and the dependents of the professional athlete or coach are not entitled to apply for and shall not receive compensation or benefits under this chapter and Chapter 4121. of the Revised Code. The rights of such an athlete or coach and the dependents of such an athlete or coach under the laws of the state where the policy was issued are the exclusive remedy against the employer for the athlete or coach if the athlete or coach suffers an injury or contracts an occupational disease in the course of employment, or for the dependents of the athlete or the coach if the athlete or coach is killed as a result of an injury or dies as a result of an occupational disease, regardless of the location where the injury was suffered or the occupational disease was contracted. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation. Last updated August 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4167.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4167 / § 4167.02
§ 4167.02. Director to enforce program - public employment risk reduction advisory commission
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 27 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The administrator of workers' compensation shall operate and enforce the public employment risk reduction program created by this chapter. (B) The administrator shall do all of the following: (1) Adopt rules, with the advice and consent of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors and in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, for the administration and enforcement of this chapter. The administrator shall include both of the following in the rules: (a) Standards the administrator shall follow in issuing an emergency temporary Ohio employment risk reduction standard under section 4167.08 of the Revised Code and in issuing a temporary variance and a variance from an Ohio employment risk reduction standard or part thereof under section 4167.09 of the Revised Code; (b) Standards and procedures for an effective safety partnership agreement program for public employers and employees that promotes voluntary compliance with this chapter. (2) Do all things necessary and appropriate for the administration and enforcement of this chapter. (C) In carrying out the responsibilities of this chapter, the administrator may use, with the consent of any federal, state, or local agency, the services, facilities, and personnel of such agency, with or without reimbursement, and may retain or contract with experts, consultants, and organizations for services or personnel on such terms as the administrator determines appropriate.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4105.191 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4105 / § 4105.191
§ 4105.191. Owner or operator to file report of elevator accidents
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly Any person owning or operating any elevator subject to this chapter shall file a written report with the superintendent of industrial compliance within seventy-two hours after the occurrence of any accident involving such elevator which results in death or bodily injury to any person.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.67 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4123 / § 4123.67
§ 4123.67. Compensation exempt from attachment or execution
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in sections 3119.80 , 3119.81 , 3121.02 , 3121.03 , and 3123.06 of the Revised Code, compensation before payment shall be exempt from all claims of creditors and from any attachment or execution, and shall be paid only to the employees or their dependents. In all cases where property of an employer is placed in the hands of an assignee, receiver, or trustee, claims arising under any award or finding of the industrial commission or bureau of workers' compensation, pursuant to this chapter, including claims for premiums, and any judgment recovered thereon shall first be paid out of the trust fund in preference to all other claims, except claims for taxes and the cost of administration, and with the same preference given to claims for taxes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4104.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4104 / § 4104.10
§ 4104.10. Inspection of unfired pressure vessels
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly All unfired pressure vessels, except unfired pressure vessels exempt under section 4104.04 of the Revised Code, shall be thoroughly inspected during fabrication and upon completion and shall not be operated until a copy of the manufacturers' data report, properly executed and signed by the inspector is filed in the office of the superintendent of industrial compliance. All unfired pressure vessels shall conform in every detail with applicable rules adopted by the board of building standards pursuant to section 4104.02 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4164.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4164 / § 4164.18
§ 4164.18. Annual report
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly On or before the fourth day of July of each year, the authority shall submit an annual report of its activities to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, and the chairs of the house and senate committees that oversee energy-related issues. The report shall be posted to the authority's web site. Last updated October 26, 2023 at 10:09 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4104.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4104 / § 4104.46
§ 4104.46. Design, installation, and testing of nonflammable medical gas and vacuum piping systems
Status: in_force

September 26, 2003 House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly (A) The design, installation, and testing of nonflammable medical gas and vacuum piping systems within the scope of the national fire protection association standard, section 1-1 of "NFPA 99C, Gas and Vacuum Systems," is governed by that national fire protection association standard. (B) Installers, inspectors, verifiers, construction contracting maintenance personnel, and instructors for the design, installation, and testing of nonflammable medical gas and vacuum piping systems shall obtain certification by the American society of sanitary engineers in accordance with the American society of sanitary engineering series 6000 requirements.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4115.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4115 / § 4115.04
§ 4115.04. Determination of prevailing wage - exceptions
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A)(1) Every public authority authorized to contract for or construct with its own forces a public improvement, before advertising for bids or undertaking such construction with its own forces, shall have the director of commerce determine the prevailing rates of wages of mechanics and laborers in accordance with section 4115.05 of the Revised Code for the class of work called for by the public improvement, in the locality where the work is to be performed. Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, that schedule of wages shall be attached to and made part of the specifications for the work, and shall be printed on the bidding blanks where the work is done by contract. A copy of the bidding blank shall be filed with the director before the contract is awarded. A minimum rate of wages for common laborers, on work coming under the jurisdiction of the department of transportation, shall be fixed in each county of the state by the department of transportation, in accordance with section 4115.05 of the Revised Code. (2) In the case of contracts that are administered by the department of natural resources, the director of natural resources or the director's designee shall include language in the contracts requiring wage rate determinations and updates to be obtained directly from the department of commerce through electronic or other means as appropriate. Contracts that include this requirement are exempt from the requirements established in division (A)(1) of this section that involve attaching the schedule of wages to the specifications for the work, making the schedule part of those specifications, and printing the schedule on the bidding blanks where the work is done by contract. (B) Sections 4115.03 to 4115.16 of the Revised Code do not apply to: (1) Public improvements in any case where the federal government or any of its agencies furnishes by loan or grant all or any part of the funds used in constructing such improvements, provided that the federal government or any of its agencies prescribes predetermined minimum wages to be paid to mechanics and laborers employed in the construction of such improvements; (2) A participant in a work activity, developmental activity, or an alternative work activity under sections 5107.40 to 5107.69 of the Revised Code when a public authority directly uses the labor of the participant to construct a public improvement if the participant is not engaged in paid employment or subsidized employment pursuant to the activity; (3) Public improvements undertaken by, or under contract for, the board of education of any school district or the governing board of any educational service center; (4) Public improvements undertaken by, or under contract for, a county hospital operated pursuant to Chapter 339. of the Revised Code or a municipal hospital operated pursuant to Chapter 749. of the Revised Code if none of the funds used in constructing the improvements are the proceeds of bonds or other obligations that are secured by the full faith and credit of the state, a county, a township, or a municipal corporation and none of the funds used in constructing the improvements, including funds used to repay any amounts borrowed to construct the improvements, are funds that have been appropriated for that purpose by the state, a board of county commissioners, a township, or a municipal corporation from funds generated by the levy of a tax, provided that a county hospital or municipal hospital may elect to apply sections 4115.03 to 4115.16 of the Revised Code to a public improvement undertaken by, or under contract for, the hospital; (5) Any project described in divisions (D)(1)(a) to (D)(1)(e) of section 176.05 of the Revised Code; (6) Public improvements undertaken by, or under contract for, a port authority as defined in section 4582.01 or 4582.21 of the Revised Code; (7) Any portion of a public improvement undertaken and completed solely with labor donated by the individuals performing the labor, by a labor organization and its members, or by a contractor or subcontractor that donates all labor and materials for that portion of the public improvement project. (C) Under no circumstances shall a public authority apply the prevailing wage requirements of this chapter to a public improvement that is exempt under division (B)(3) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4141.131 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4141 / § 4141.131
§ 4141.131. Sale of real property
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 238 - 135th General Assembly The director of job and family services may enter into contracts for the sale of real property no longer needed by the director of job and family services for the operations of the director of job and family services under this title. Any costs attributable to the director of job and family services that are associated with the sale of real property under this section shall be paid out of the unemployment compensation special administrative fund established pursuant to section 4141.11 of the Revised Code. The director of administrative services, with the assistance of the attorney general, shall prepare a deed to the real property being sold upon notice from the director of job and family services that a contract for the sale of that property has been executed in accordance with this section. The deed shall state the consideration and any conditions placed upon the sale. The deed shall be executed by the governor in the name of the state, countersigned by the secretary of state, sealed with the great seal of the state, presented in the office of the director of administrative services for recording, and delivered to the buyer upon payment of the balance of the purchase price. The buyer shall present the deed for recording in the county recorder's office of the county in which the real property is located. Last updated February 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4123 / § 4123.51
§ 4123.51. Place for filing claims or appeals - required statement
Status: in_force

September 11, 2008 Senate Bill 334 - 127th General Assembly The administrator of workers' compensation shall by published notices and other appropriate means endeavor to cause claims to be filed in the service office of the bureau of workers' compensation from which the investigation and determination of the claim may be made most expeditiously. A claim or appeal under this chapter or Chapter 4121., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code may be filed with any office of the bureau of workers' compensation or the industrial commission, within the required statutory period, and is considered received for the purpose of processing the claims or appeals. The administrator, on the form an employee or an individual acting on behalf of the employee files with the administrator or a self-insuring employer to initiate a claim under this chapter or Chapter 4121., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code, shall include a statement that is substantially similar to the following statement in bold font and set apart from all other text in the form: "By signing this form, I elect to only receive compensation, benefits, or both that are provided for in this claim under Ohio's workers' compensation laws. I understand and I hereby waive and release my right to receive compensation and benefits under the workers' compensation laws of another state for the injury or occupational disease, or the death resulting from an injury or occupational disease, for which I am filing this claim. I have not received compensation and benefits under the workers' compensation laws of another state for this claim, and I will not file and have not filed a claim in another state for the injury or occupational disease or death resulting from an injury or occupational disease for which I am filing this claim."
Ohio Rev. Code § 4117.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4117 / § 4117.01
§ 4117.01. Public employees' collective bargaining definitions
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Person," in addition to those included in division (C) of section 1.59 of the Revised Code, includes employee organizations, public employees, and public employers. (B) "Public employer" means the state or any political subdivision of the state located entirely within the state, including, without limitation, any municipal corporation with a population of at least five thousand according to the most recent federal decennial census; county; township with a population of at least five thousand in the unincorporated area of the township according to the most recent federal decennial census; school district; governing authority of a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code; college preparatory boarding school established under Chapter 3328. of the Revised Code or its operator; state institution of higher learning; public or special district; state agency, authority, commission, or board; or other branch of public employment. "Public employer" does not include the nonprofit corporation formed under section 187.01 of the Revised Code. (C) "Public employee" means any person holding a position by appointment or employment in the service of a public employer, including any person working pursuant to a contract between a public employer and a private employer and over whom the national labor relations board has declined jurisdiction on the basis that the involved employees are employees of a public employer, except: (1) Persons holding elective office; (2) Employees of the general assembly and employees of any other legislative body of the public employer whose principal duties are directly related to the legislative functions of the body; (3) Employees on the staff of the governor or the chief executive of the public employer whose principal duties are directly related to the performance of the executive functions of the governor or the chief executive; (4) Persons who are members of the Ohio organized militia, while training or performing duty under section 5919.29 or 5923.12 of the Revised Code; (5) Employees of the state employment relations board, including those employees of the state employment relations board utilized by the state personnel board of review in the exercise of the powers and the performance of the duties and functions of the state personnel board of review; (6) Confidential employees; (7) Management level employees; (8) Employees and officers of the courts, assistants to the attorney general, assistant prosecuting attorneys, and employees of the clerks of courts who perform a judicial function; (9) Employees of a public official who act in a fiduciary capacity, appointed pursuant to section 124.11 of the Revised Code; (10) Supervisors; (11) Students whose primary purpose is educational training, including graduate assistants or associates, residents, interns, or other students working as part-time public employees less than fifty per cent of the normal year in the employee's bargaining unit; (12) Employees of county boards of election; (13) Seasonal and casual employees as determined by the state employment relations board; (14) Part-time faculty members of an institution of higher education; (15) Participants in a work activity, developmental activity, or alternative work activity under sections 5107.40 to 5107.69 of the Revised Code who perform a service for a public employer that the public employer needs but is not performed by an employee of the public employer if the participant is not engaged in paid employment or subsidized employment pursuant to the activity; (16) Employees included in the career professional service of the department of transportation under section 5501.20 of the Revised Code; (17) Employees of community-based correctional facilities and district community-based correctional facilities created under sections 2301.51 to 2301.58 of the Revised Code. (D) "Employee organization" means any labor or bona fide organization in which public employees participate and that exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with public employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, hours, terms, and other conditions of employment. (E) "Exclusive representative" means the employee organization certified or recognized as an exclusive representative under section 4117.05 of the Revised Code. (F) "Supervisor" means any individual who has authority, in the interest of the public employer, to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other public employees; to responsibly direct them; to adjust their grievances; or to effectively recommend such action, if the exercise of that authority is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, but requires the use of independent judgment, provided that: (1) Employees of school districts who are department chairpersons or consulting teachers shall not be deemed supervisors. (2) With respect to members of a police or fire department, no person shall be deemed a supervisor except the chief of the department or those individuals who, in the absence of the chief, are authorized to exercise the authority and perform the duties of the chief of the department. Where prior to June 1, 1982, a public employer pursuant to a judicial decision, rendered in litigation to which the public employer was a party, has declined to engage in collective bargaining with members of a police or fire department on the basis that those members are supervisors, those members of a police or fire department do not have the rights specified in this chapter for the purposes of future collective bargaining. The state employment relations board shall decide all disputes concerning the application of division (F)(2) of this section. (3) With respect to faculty members of a state institution of higher education, heads of departments or divisions are supervisors; however, no other faculty member or group of faculty members is a supervisor solely because the faculty member or group of faculty members participate in decisions with respect to courses, curriculum, personnel, or other matters of academic policy. (4) No teacher as defined in section 3319.09 of the Revised Code shall be designated as a supervisor or a management level employee unless the teacher is employed under a contract governed by section 3319.01 , 3319.011 , or 3319.02 of the Revised Code and is assigned to a position for which a license deemed to be for administrators under state board rules is required pursuant to section 3319.22 of the Revised Code. (G) "To bargain collectively" means to perform the mutual obligation of the public employer, by its representatives, and the representatives of its employees to negotiate in good faith at reasonable times and places with respect to wages, hours, terms, and other conditions of employment and the continuation, modification, or deletion of an existing provision of a collective bargaining agreement, with the intention of reaching an agreement, or to resolve questions arising under the agreement. "To bargain collectively" includes executing a written contract incorporating the terms of any agreement reached. The obligation to bargain collectively does not mean that either party is compelled to agree to a proposal nor does it require the making of a concession. (H) "Strike" means continuous concerted action in failing to report to duty; willful absence from one's position; or stoppage of work in whole from the full, faithful, and proper performance of the duties of employment, for the purpose of inducing, influencing, or coercing a change in wages, hours, terms, and other conditions of employment. "Strike" does not include a stoppage of work by employees in good faith because of dangerous or unhealthful working conditions at the place of employment that are abnormal to the place of employment. (I) "Unauthorized strike" includes, but is not limited to, concerted action during the term or extended term of a collective bargaining agreement or during the pendency of the settlement procedures set forth in section 4117.14 of the Revised Code in failing to report to duty; willful absence from one's position; stoppage of work; slowdown, or abstinence in whole or in part from the full, faithful, and proper performance of the duties of employment for the purpose of inducing, influencing, or coercing a change in wages, hours, terms, and other conditions of employment. "Unauthorized strike" includes any such action, absence, stoppage, slowdown, or abstinence when done partially or intermittently, whether during or after the expiration of the term or extended term of a collective bargaining agreement or during or after the pendency of the settlement procedures set forth in section 4117.14 of the Revised Code. (J) "Professional employee" means any employee engaged in work that is predominantly intellectual, involving the consistent exercise of discretion and judgment in its performance and requiring knowledge of an advanced type in a field of science or learning customarily acquired by a prolonged course in an institution of higher learning or a hospital, as distinguished from a general academic education or from an apprenticeship; or an employee who has completed the courses of specialized intellectual instruction and is performing related work under the supervision of a professional person to become qualified as a professional employee. (K) "Confidential employee" means any employee who works in the personnel offices of a public employer and deals with information to be used by the public employer in collective bargaining; or any employee who works in a close continuing relationship with public officers or representatives directly participating in collective bargaining on behalf of the employer. (L) "Management level employee" means an individual who formulates policy on behalf of the public employer, who responsibly directs the implementation of policy, or who may reasonably be required on behalf of the public employer to assist in the preparation for the conduct of collective negotiations, administer collectively negotiated agreements, or have a major role in personnel administration. Assistant superintendents, principals, and assistant principals whose employment is governed by section 3319.02 of the Revised Code are management level employees. With respect to members of a faculty of a state institution of higher education, no person is a management level employee because of the person's involvement in the formulation or implementation of academic or institution policy. (M) "Wages" means hourly rates of pay, salaries, or other forms of compensation for services rendered. (N) "Member of a police department" means a person who is in the employ of a police department of a municipal corporation as a full-time regular police officer as the result of an appointment from a duly established civil service eligibility list or under section 737.15 or 737.16 of the Revised Code, a full-time deputy sheriff appointed under section 311.04 of the Revised Code, a township constable appointed under section 509.01 of the Revised Code, or a member of a township or joint police district police department appointed under section 505.49 of the Revised Code. (O) "Members of the state highway patrol" means highway patrol troopers and radio operators appointed under section 5503.01 of the Revised Code. (P) "Member of a fire department" means a person who is in the employ of a fire department of a municipal corporation or a township as a fire cadet, full-time regular firefighter, or promoted rank as the result of an appointment from a duly established civil service eligibility list or under section 505.38 , 709.012 , or 737.22 of the Revised Code. (Q) "Day" means calendar day.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4117.102 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4117 / § 4117.102
§ 4117.102. List of school districts with agreements with teacher employee organizations
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The state employment relations board shall compile a list of the school districts in the state that have filed with the board agreements entered into with teacher employee organizations under this chapter. The board shall annually update the list to reflect, for each district, for the current fiscal year, the starting salary in the district for teachers with no prior teaching experience who hold bachelors degrees. The board shall send a copy of each annually updated list to the department of education and workforce. Last updated September 12, 2023 at 11:09 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4104.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4104 / § 4104.09
§ 4104.09. Revoking certificate of competency or commission
Status: in_force

October 9, 2021 House Bill 263 - 133rd General Assembly The certificate of competency issued under section 4104.07 of the Revised Code or the commission provided for in section 4104.08 of the Revised Code may be revoked by the superintendent of industrial compliance for the incompetence of the holder thereof, or for willful falsification of any matter or statement contained in the holder's application or in a report of any inspection in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. If a certificate or commission is lost or destroyed, a new certificate or commission shall be issued in its place without another examination. Last updated October 9, 2021 at 4:54 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4111.031 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4111 / § 4111.031
§ 4111.031. Exemptions from overtime requirements
Status: in_force

July 6, 2022 Senate Bill 47 - 134th General Assembly (A)(1) Except as provided in divisions (B) and (C) of this section, an employer is not required to pay the overtime wage rate under section 4111.03 of the Revised Code to an employee for any time that the employee spends performing any of the following activities: (a) Walking, riding, or traveling to and from the actual place of performance of the principal activity or activities that the employee is employed to perform; (b) Activities that are preliminary to or postliminary to the principal activity or activities; (c) Activities requiring insubstantial or insignificant periods of time beyond the employee's scheduled working hours. (2) Division (A)(1) of this section applies to an activity described in that division that occurs either prior to the time on any particular workday at which the employee commences, or subsequent to the time on any particular workday at which the employee ceases, such principal activity or activities. (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply if an employee engages in an activity described in division (A)(1)(b) of this section under either of the following circumstances: (1) The employee performs the activity during the regular work day or during prescribed hours. (2) The employee performs the activity at the specific direction of the employer. (C) Division (A) of this section does not apply if an employee engages in an activity described in that division under either of the following circumstances: (1) The employee performs the activity pursuant to an express provision of a written or unwritten contract in effect, at the time of performance, between the employee or the employee's agent or collective bargaining representative and the employee's employer. (2) The employee performs the activity pursuant to a custom or practice applicable to the activity, in effect at the time of performance, at the establishment or other place where the employee is employed, and the custom or practice is not inconsistent with a contract described in division (C)(1) of this section. Last updated April 13, 2022 at 4:40 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4141.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4141 / § 4141.31
§ 4141.31. Benefits reduced by remuneration
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Benefits otherwise payable for any week shall be reduced by the amount of remuneration or other payments a claimant receives with respect to such week as follows: (1) Remuneration in lieu of notice; (2) Compensation for wage loss under division (B) of section 4123.56 of the Revised Code or a similar provision under the workers' compensation law of any state or the United States; (3) Payments in the form of retirement, or pension allowances as provided under section 4141.312 of the Revised Code; (4) Except as otherwise provided in division (D) of this section, remuneration in the form of separation or termination pay paid to an employee at the time of the employee's separation from employment; (5) Amounts payable under the law, terms of a labor-management contract or agreement, or other contract of hire, which payments are allocated to designated weeks, for either of the following: (a) Vacation pay or allowance; (b) Holiday pay or allowance. (6) Bonuses payable under the law, terms of a labor-management contract or agreement, or other contract of hire; (7) The determinable value of cost savings days. If payments under this division are paid with respect to a month then the amount of remuneration deemed to be received with respect to any week during such month shall be computed by multiplying such monthly amount by twelve and dividing the product by fifty-two. If there is no designation of the period with respect to which payments to an individual are made under this section then an amount equal to such individual's normal weekly wage shall be attributed to and deemed paid with respect to the first and each succeeding week following the individual's separation or termination from the employment of the employer making the payment until such amount so paid is exhausted. If benefits for any week, when reduced as provided in this division, result in an amount not a multiple of one dollar, such benefits shall be rounded to the next lower multiple of one dollar. Any payment allocated by the employer or the director of job and family services to weeks under division (A)(1), (4), or (5) of this section shall be deemed to be remuneration for the purposes of establishing a qualifying week and a benefit year under divisions (O)(1) and (R) of section 4141.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Benefits payable for any week shall not be reduced by the amount of remuneration a claimant receives with respect to such week in the form of drill or reserve pay received by a member of the Ohio national guard or the armed forces reserve for attendance at a regularly scheduled drill or meeting. (C) No benefits shall be paid for any week with respect to which or a part of which an individual has received or is seeking unemployment benefits under an unemployment compensation law of any other state or of the United States, provided the disqualifications shall not apply if the appropriate agency of such other state or of the United States finally determines that an individual is not entitled to such unemployment benefits. A law of the United States providing any payment of any type and in any amounts for periods of unemployment due to lack of work shall be considered an unemployment compensation law of the United States. (D) Benefits payable for any week shall not be reduced by the amount of military severance, disability, or separation pay paid to an individual who is a former member of the armed forces of the United States. (E) Remuneration for personal services includes cost savings days, as defined in division (DD) of section 4141.01 of the Revised Code, for which employees continue to accrue employee benefits that have a determinable value. Any unemployment compensation benefits that may be payable as a result of cost savings days shall be reduced as provided in division (A)(6) of this section. Last updated September 1, 2023 at 10:39 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.031 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4123 / § 4123.031
§ 4123.031. Emergency management worker definitions
Status: in_force

October 29, 1995 Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly As used in sections 4123.031 to 4123.037 of the Revised Code: (A) "Emergency management worker" means anyone who has been duly registered for service pursuant to section 5502.34 of the Revised Code, in connection with the development, maintenance, and operation of any state or local emergency management agency authorized by law and who has met the minimum requirements as set forth in sections 4123.031 to 4123.037 of the Revised Code, or who has been duly registered as an emergency management worker pursuant to section 5502.34 of the Revised Code during a disaster and the emergency thereby created. (B) "Emergency management," "disaster," and "emergency" have the same meanings as in section 5502.21 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4121.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4121 / § 4121.34
§ 4121.34. District hearing officers - jurisdiction
Status: in_force

September 29, 1997 House Bill 362 - 122nd General Assembly (A) District hearing officers shall hear the matters listed in division (B) of this section. District hearing officers are in the classified civil service of the state, are full-time employees of the industrial commission, and shall be persons admitted to the practice of law in this state. District hearing officers shall not engage in any other activity that interferes with their full-time employment by the commission during normal working hours. (B) District hearing officers shall have original jurisdiction on all of the following matters: (1) Determinations under section 4123.57 of the Revised Code; (2) All appeals from a decision of the administrator of workers' compensation under division (B) of section 4123.511 of the Revised Code; (3) All other contested claims matters under this chapter and Chapters 4123., 4127., and 4131. of the Revised Code, except those matters over which staff hearing officers have original jurisdiction. (C) The administrator of workers' compensation shall make available to each district hearing officer the facilities and assistance of bureau employees and furnish all information necessary to the performance of the district hearing officer's duties.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4123 / § 4123.21
§ 4123.21. Injunction shall not issue suspending or restraining actions
Status: in_force

November 3, 1989 House Bill 222 - 118th General Assembly No injunction shall issue suspending or restraining any order, classification, or rate adopted by the industrial commission or the bureau of workers' compensation, or any action of the auditor of state, treasurer of state, attorney general, or the county auditor or county treasurer of any county, required to be taken by them or any of them by this chapter. This section does not effect any right or defense in any action brought by the commission, the bureau, or the state in pursuance of authority contained in this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4104.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4104 / § 4104.31
§ 4104.31. Historical boiler definitions
Status: in_force

October 24, 2002 House Bill 344 - 124th General Assembly As used in sections 4104.31 to 4104.37 : (A) "Boiler" has the same meaning as in section 4104.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Historical boiler" means a steam boiler of riveted construction that is preserved, restored, or maintained for hobby or demonstration.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.541 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4123 / § 4123.541
§ 4123.541. Reduction of benefits in proportion to benefits received under other act or program
Status: in_force

September 29, 1955 House Bill 521 - 101st General Assembly In the event that any person who is entitled to receive benefits for total disability, loss of member, or death through the application of section 4123.033 of the Revised Code, receives, in connection with the injury giving rise to such entitlement, benefits under an act of congress or federal program providing benefits for civil defense workers and their survivors, the benefits payable hereunder, shall be reduced in proportion to the benefits received under such other act or program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4113.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4113 / § 4113.10
§ 4113.10. Conducting child to juvenile court
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A child working in or in connection with a factory, workshop, business office, telephone or telegraph office, restaurant, bakery, hotel, apartment house, or mercantile or other establishment, or in the distribution or transmission of merchandise or messages, who appears to an inspector of workshops and factories to be under the legal age, or refuses to give to such inspector his name, age, and place of residence, shall be forthwith conducted by such inspector to the office of the juvenile judge or the probate judge for examination. If such inspector is in doubt as to the physical fitness of a boy under sixteen years of age or a girl under eighteen years of age found working in or in connection with any of such establishments, or in the distribution or transmission of merchandise or messages, he shall require a certificate signed by a medical officer of the board of health certifying that such child is of sound health and physically able to perform the work or service such child is required to do. Such certificate shall be signed by the child in whose name it is issued in the presence of the officer issuing it, and such examination shall be made and certificate issued without expense to said child.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4141.286 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4141 / § 4141.286
§ 4141.286. Mandatory checks for determining benefit rights and eligibility
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly When determining whether an application for determination of benefit rights is valid or determining whether a first claim or additional claim for benefits allows a claimant to qualify for benefits, in addition to other information available, the director of job and family services shall do all of the following: (A) Check the new hires directory maintained by the department of job and family services under section 3121.894 of the Revised Code for a new hire report applicable to the claimant; (B) Check the information in the national directory of new hires that is made available to the director under section 453 of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 653, for the purpose of administering this chapter; (C) Check the integrity data hub maintained by the national association of state workforce agencies or a similar database maintained by a successor organization. Last updated September 16, 2021 at 11:23 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.033 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4123 / § 4123.033
§ 4123.033. Compensation for accidental injury while performing emergency management duties
Status: in_force

September 29, 1994 Senate Bill 172 - 120th General Assembly Any emergency management worker who suffers an accidental injury while performing emergency management duties, as defined herein, shall be compensated for any total disability or loss of member and his dependents shall be compensated for any death resulting from such an injury on the same basis as provided for workers, employees, and their dependents under sections 4123.01 to 4123.94 of the Revised Code. This section shall not apply in the case of any person who is otherwise entitled, under sections 4123.01 to 4123.94 of the Revised Code, to receive workers' compensation benefits for such accidental injury or death.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.65 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4123 / § 4123.65
§ 4123.65. Application for approval of final settlement
Status: in_force

September 15, 2020 House Bill 81 - 133rd General Assembly (A) A state fund employer or the employee of such an employer may file an application with the administrator of workers' compensation for approval of a final settlement of a claim under this chapter. The application shall include the settlement agreement, and except as otherwise specified in this division, be signed by the claimant and employer, and clearly set forth the circumstances by reason of which the proposed settlement is deemed desirable and that the parties agree to the terms of the settlement agreement. A claimant may file an application without an employer's signature in the following situations: (1) The employer is no longer doing business in Ohio; (2) The claim no longer is in the employer's industrial accident or occupational disease experience as provided in division (B) of section 4123.34 of the Revised Code and the claimant no longer is employed with that employer; (3) The employer has failed to comply with section 4123.35 of the Revised Code. If a claimant files an application without an employer's signature, and the employer still is doing business in this state, the administrator shall send written notice of the application to the employer immediately upon receipt of the application. If the employer fails to respond to the notice within thirty days after the notice is sent, the application need not contain the employer's signature. If a state fund employer or an employee of such an employer has not filed an application for a final settlement under this division, the administrator may file an application on behalf of the employer or the employee, provided that the administrator gives notice of the filing to the employer and the employee and to the representative of record of the employer and of the employee immediately upon the filing. An application filed by the administrator shall contain all of the information and signatures required of an employer or an employee who files an application under this division. Every self-insuring employer that enters into a final settlement agreement with an employee shall mail, within seven days of executing the agreement, a copy of the agreement to the administrator and the employee's representative. The administrator shall place the agreement into the claimant's file. (B) Except as provided in divisions (C) and (D) of this section, a settlement agreed to under this section is binding upon all parties thereto and as to items, injuries, and occupational diseases to which the settlement applies. (C) No settlement agreed to under division (A) of this section or agreed to by a self-insuring employer and the self-insuring employer's employee shall take effect until thirty days after the administrator approves the settlement for state fund employees and employers, or after the self-insuring employer and employee sign the final settlement agreement. Except as provided in division (G) of this section, during the thirty-day period, the employer, employee, or administrator, for state fund settlements, and the employer or employee, for self-insuring settlements, may withdraw consent to the settlement by an employer providing written notice to the employer's employee and the administrator or by an employee providing written notice to the employee's employer and the administrator, or by the administrator providing written notice to the state fund employer and employee. If an employee dies during the thirty-day waiting period following the approval of a settlement, the settlement can be voided by any party for good cause shown. (D) At the time of agreement to any final settlement agreement under division (A) of this section or agreement between a self-insuring employer and the self-insuring employer's employee, the administrator, for state fund settlements, and the self-insuring employer, for self-insuring settlements, immediately shall send a copy of the agreement to the industrial commission who shall assign the matter to a staff hearing officer. The staff hearing officer shall determine, within the time limitations specified in division (C) of this section, whether the settlement agreement is or is not a gross miscarriage of justice. If the staff hearing officer determines within that time period that the settlement agreement is clearly unfair, the staff hearing officer shall issue an order disapproving the settlement agreement. If the staff hearing officer determines that the settlement agreement is not clearly unfair or fails to act within those time limits, the settlement agreement is approved. (E) A settlement entered into under this section may pertain to one or more claims of a claimant, or one or more parts of a claim, or the compensation or benefits pertaining to either, or any combination thereof, provided that nothing in this section shall be interpreted to require a claimant to enter into a settlement agreement for every claim that has been filed with the bureau of workers' compensation by that claimant under Chapter 4121., 4123., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code. (F) A settlement entered into under this section is not appealable under section 4123.511 or 4123.512 of the Revised Code. (G) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, an employer shall not deny or withdraw consent to a settlement application filed under this section if both of the following apply to the claim that is the subject of the application: (1) The claim is no longer within the date of impact pursuant to the employer's industrial accident or occupational disease experience as provided in division (B) of section 4123.34 of the Revised Code; (2) The employee named in the claim is no longer employed by the employer.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.76 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4123 / § 4123.76
§ 4123.76. Claim against noncomplying employer a lien
Status: in_force

January 30, 2014 House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly When an application for compensation or benefits or an application for further compensation or benefits is filed with the industrial commission or the bureau of workers' compensation under section 4123.75 of the Revised Code against an employer who has not complied with section 4123.35 of the Revised Code, the bureau shall make and file for record in the office of the county recorder in the counties where the employer's property is located, an affidavit showing the date on which the application was filed with the commission or the bureau, the name and address of the employer against whom it was filed, and the fact that the employer had not complied with section 4123.35 of the Revised Code. The county recorder shall accept and file the affidavit and record and index the affidavit in the official record. A copy of the application or other bureau record documenting the claim shall be filed with the affidavit. A copy of the affidavit shall be served upon the employer by the bureau. The affidavit constitutes a valid lien from the time of filing, in favor of the bureau, upon the real property and personal property of the employer located within the county. The administrator of workers' compensation shall have the lien canceled of record after the employer has paid to the claimant or to the bureau the amount of the compensation or benefits which has been ordered paid to the claimant, or when the application has finally been denied after the claimant has exhausted the remedies provided by law in such cases, or when the employer has filed a bond in the amount and with surety as the administrator approves conditioned on the payment of all sums ordered paid to the claimant. The recorder shall make no charge for the services provided by this section to be performed by the recorder.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4117.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4117 / § 4117.03
§ 4117.03. Rights of public employees
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153, Senate Bill 171 - 129th General Assembly (A) Public employees have the right to: (1) Form, join, assist, or participate in, or refrain from forming, joining, assisting, or participating in, except as otherwise provided in Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code, any employee organization of their own choosing; (2) Engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid and protection; (3) Representation by an employee organization; (4) Bargain collectively with their public employers to determine wages, hours, terms and other conditions of employment and the continuation, modification, or deletion of an existing provision of a collective bargaining agreement, and enter into collective bargaining agreements; (5) Present grievances and have them adjusted, without the intervention of the bargaining representative, as long as the adjustment is not inconsistent with the terms of the collective bargaining agreement then in effect and as long as the bargaining representatives have the opportunity to be present at the adjustment. (B) Persons on active duty or acting in any capacity as members of the organized militia do not have collective bargaining rights. (C) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, nothing in Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code prohibits public employers from electing to engage in collective bargaining, to meet and confer, to hold discussions, or to engage in any other form of collective negotiations with public employees who are not subject to Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code pursuant to division (C) of section 4117.01 of the Revised Code. (D) A public employer shall not engage in collective bargaining or other forms of collective negotiations with the employees of county boards of elections referred to in division (C)(12) of section 4117.01 of the Revised Code. (E) Employees of public schools may bargain collectively for health care benefits.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4169.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4169 / § 4169.07
§ 4169.07. Responsibilities of ski area operator and tramway passengers
Status: in_force

November 20, 1996 House Bill 535 - 121st General Assembly (A) A ski area operator shall be responsible for any construction that the operator actually performs or has actually performed and for the maintenance and operation of any passenger tramway in the operator's ski area. (B) A passenger shall be responsible for not embarking upon or disembarking from a passenger tramway except at an area that is designated for such purpose; not throwing or expelling any object from a passenger tramway; not performing any action that interferes with the running or operation of a passenger tramway; learning how to use a passenger tramway safely before the time that the passenger desires to embark upon it; not using such a tramway unless the passenger has the ability to use it safely without any on-the-spot instruction from the ski area operator; not engaging willfully or negligently in any type of conduct that contributes to or causes injury to another person; and not embarking upon a passenger tramway without the authority of the ski area operator.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4141.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4141 / § 4141.14
§ 4141.14. Rules of director subject to approval of unemployment compensation review commission
Status: in_force

September 17, 2014 Senate Bill 3 - 130th General Assembly All rules of the director of the department of job and family services adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be approved by the unemployment compensation review commission before the rules become effective. All such rules shall specify on their face their effective date and the date on which they will expire, if known. Approval by the unemployment compensation review commission shall also be required before amendments to, or rescission of, any rules of the director adopted pursuant to this chapter become effective. If the commission disapproves a rule of the director, it shall determine and promulgate a rule that it considers appropriate after affording a hearing to the director.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.444 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4123 / § 4123.444
§ 4123.444. Duties of administrator regarding investment manager contracts
Status: in_force

June 30, 2006 House Bill 530 - 126th General Assembly (A) As used in this section and section 4123.445 of the Revised Code: (1) "Bureau of workers' compensation funds" means any fund specified in Chapter 4121., 4123., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code that the administrator of workers' compensation has the authority to invest, in accordance with the administrator's investment authority under section 4123.44 of the Revised Code. (2) "Investment manager" means any person with whom the administrator of workers' compensation contracts pursuant to section 4123.44 of the Revised Code to facilitate the investment of assets of bureau of workers' compensation funds. (3) "Business entity" means any person with whom an investment manager contracts for the investment of assets of bureau of workers' compensation funds. (4) "Financial or investment crime" means any criminal offense involving theft, receiving stolen property, embezzlement, forgery, fraud, passing bad checks, money laundering, drug trafficking, or any criminal offense involving money or securities, as set forth in Chapters 2909., 2911., 2913., 2915., 2921., 2923., and 2925. of the Revised Code or other law of this state, or the laws of any other state or the United States that are substantially equivalent to those offenses. (B)(1) Before entering into a contract with an investment manager to invest bureau of workers' compensation funds, the administrator shall do both of the following: (a) Request from any investment manager with whom the administrator wishes to contract for those investments a list of all employees who will be investing assets of bureau of workers' compensation funds. The list shall specify each employee's state of residence for the five years prior to the date of the administrator's request. (b) Request that the superintendent of the bureau of criminal investigation and identification conduct a criminal records check in accordance with this section and section 109.579 of the Revised Code with respect to every employee the investment manager names in that list. (2) After an investment manager enters into a contract with the administrator to invest bureau of workers' compensation funds and before an investment manager enters into a contract with a business entity to facilitate those investments, the investment manager shall request from any business entity with whom the investment manager wishes to contract to make those investments a list of all employees who will be investing assets of the bureau of workers' compensation funds. The list shall specify each employee's state of residence for the five years prior to the investment manager's request. The investment manager shall forward to the administrator the list received from the business entity. The administrator shall request the superintendent to conduct a criminal records check in accordance with this section and section 109.579 of the Revised Code with respect to every employee the business entity names in that list. Upon receipt of the results of the criminal records check, the administrator shall advise the investment manager whether the results were favorable or unfavorable. (3) If, after a contract has been entered into between the administrator and an investment manager or between an investment manager and a business entity for the investment of assets of bureau of workers' compensation funds, the investment manager or business entity wishes to have an employee who was not the subject of a criminal records check under division (B)(1) or (B)(2) of this section invest assets of the bureau of workers' compensation funds, that employee shall be the subject of a criminal records check pursuant to this section and section 109.579 of the Revised Code prior to handling the investment of assets of those funds. The investment manager shall submit to the administrator the name of that employee along with the employee's state of residence for the five years prior to the date in which the administrator requests the criminal records check. The administrator shall request that the superintendent conduct a criminal records check on that employee pursuant to this section and section 109.579 of the Revised Code. (C)(1) If an employee who is the subject of a criminal records check pursuant to division (B) of this section has not been a resident of this state for the five-year period immediately prior to the time the criminal records check is requested or does not provide evidence that within that five-year period the superintendent has requested information about the employee from the federal bureau of investigation in a criminal records check, the administrator shall request that the superintendent obtain information from the federal bureau of investigation as a part of the criminal records check for the employee. If the employee has been a resident of this state for at least that five-year period, the administrator may, but is not required to, request that the superintendent request and include in the criminal records check information about that employee from the federal bureau of investigation. (2) The administrator shall provide to an investment manager a copy of the form prescribed pursuant to division (C)(1) of section 109.579 of the Revised Code and a standard impression sheet for each employee for whom a criminal records check must be performed, to obtain fingerprint impressions as prescribed pursuant to division (C)(2) of section 109.579 of the Revised Code. The investment manager shall obtain the completed form and impression sheet either directly from each employee or from a business entity and shall forward the completed form and sheet to the administrator, who shall forward these forms and sheets to the superintendent. (3) Any employee who receives a copy of the form and the impression sheet pursuant to division (C)(2) of this section and who is requested to complete the form and provide a set of fingerprint impressions shall complete the form or provide all the information necessary to complete the form and shall complete the impression sheets in the manner prescribed in division (C)(2) of section 109.579 of the Revised Code. (D) For each criminal records check the administrator requests under this section, at the time the administrator makes a request the administrator shall pay to the superintendent the fee the superintendent prescribes pursuant to division (E) of section 109.579 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4141.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4141 / § 4141.52
§ 4141.52. Commencement and duration of shared work plan
Status: in_force

July 11, 2013 House Bill 37 - 130th General Assembly (A) A shared work plan approved under section 4141.51 of the Revised Code takes effect with respect to the week following the date the director of job and family services approves the plan. An approved shared work plan expires at the end of the fifty-second calendar week after approval of the plan. (B) A participating employer who wishes to modify an existing approved shared work plan shall submit the modified plan to the director. The director shall evaluate the modified plan and may approve the plan if the plan meets the requirements for approval under section 4141.51 of the Revised Code. If approved, a modified plan supersedes the previously approved shared work plan, effective beginning with the week following the date the director approves the modified plan. The director shall not approve a modified plan that fails to satisfy the requirements for approval under section 4141.51 of the Revised Code. (C) The director may terminate an approved shared work plan for good cause. For purposes of this section, "good cause" means any of the following circumstances: (1) The approved shared work plan is not being executed according to the terms and conditions stated in the plan. (2) The participating employer fails to comply with any assurances given in the participating employer's approved shared work plan. (3) The participating employer, or a participating employee of the participating employer, violates any criteria on which approval of the shared work plan was based. (D) A participating employer may elect to terminate an approved shared work plan by providing written notice to the director. The director shall terminate the plan upon receipt of the notice and shall inform the employer and each participating employee of the employer in writing of the week with respect to which the termination is effective. (E) A decision by the director to approve or disapprove a proposed shared work plan, to approve or disapprove a proposed modified shared work plan, or to terminate an approved shared work plan, may not be appealed pursuant to this chapter. (F) Nothing in division (E) of this section shall be construed to prevent an employer who has submitted a shared work plan that was disapproved from submitting another shared work plan in accordance with section 4141.51 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4113.61 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4113 / § 4113.61
§ 4113.61. Time limitations for payments to subcontractors and materialmen
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A)(1) If a subcontractor or material supplier submits an application or request for payment or an invoice for materials to a contractor in sufficient time to allow the contractor to include the application, request, or invoice in the contractor's own pay request submitted to an owner, the contractor, within ten calendar days after receipt of payment from the owner for improvements to property, shall pay to the: (a) Subcontractor, an amount that is equal to the percentage of completion of the subcontractor's contract allowed by the owner for the amount of labor or work performed; (b) Material supplier, an amount that is equal to all or that portion of the invoice for materials which represents the materials furnished by the material supplier. The contractor may reduce the amount paid by any retainage provision contained in the contract, invoice, or purchase order between the contractor and the subcontractor or material supplier, and may withhold amounts that may be necessary to resolve disputed liens or claims involving the work or labor performed or material furnished by the subcontractor or material supplier. If the contractor fails to comply with division (A)(1) of this section, the contractor shall pay the subcontractor or material supplier, in addition to the payment due, interest in the amount of eighteen per cent per annum of the payment due, beginning on the eleventh day following the receipt of payment from the owner and ending on the date of full payment of the payment due plus interest to the subcontractor or material supplier. (2) If a lower tier subcontractor or lower tier material supplier submits an application or request for payment or an invoice for materials to a subcontractor, material supplier, or other lower tier subcontractor or lower tier material supplier in sufficient time to allow the subcontractor, material supplier, or other lower tier subcontractor or lower tier material supplier to include the application, request, or invoice in the subcontractor's, material supplier's, or other lower tier subcontractor's or lower tier material supplier's own pay request submitted to a contractor, other subcontractor, material supplier, lower tier subcontractor, or lower tier material supplier, the subcontractor, material supplier, or other lower tier subcontractor or lower tier material supplier, within ten calendar days after receipt of payment from the contractor, other subcontractor, material supplier, lower tier subcontractor, or lower tier material supplier for improvements to property, shall pay to the: (a) Lower tier subcontractor, an amount that is equal to the percentage of completion of the lower tier subcontractor's contract allowed by the owner for the amount of labor or work performed; (b) Lower tier material supplier, an amount that is equal to all or that portion of the invoice for materials which represents the materials furnished by the lower tier material supplier. The subcontractor, material supplier, lower tier subcontractor, or lower tier material supplier may reduce the amount paid by any retainage provision contained in the contract, invoice, or purchase order between the subcontractor, material supplier, lower tier subcontractor, or lower tier material supplier and the lower tier subcontractor or lower tier material supplier, and may withhold amounts that may be necessary to resolve disputed liens or claims involving the work or labor performed or material furnished by the lower tier subcontractor or lower tier material supplier. If the subcontractor, material supplier, lower tier subcontractor, or lower tier material supplier fails to comply with division (A)(2) of this section, the subcontractor, material supplier, lower tier subcontractor, or lower tier material supplier shall pay the lower tier subcontractor or lower tier material supplier, in addition to the payment due, interest in the amount of eighteen per cent per annum of the payment due, beginning on the eleventh day following the receipt of payment from the contractor, other subcontractor, material supplier, lower tier subcontractor, or lower tier material supplier and ending on the date of full payment of the payment due plus interest to the lower tier subcontractor or lower tier material supplier. (3) If a contractor receives any final retainage from the owner for improvements to property, the contractor shall pay from that retainage each subcontractor and material supplier the subcontractor's or material supplier's proportion of the retainage, within ten calendar days after receipt of the retainage from the owner, or within the time period provided in a contract, invoice, or purchase order between the contractor and the subcontractor or material supplier, whichever time period is shorter, provided that the contractor has determined that the subcontractor's or material supplier's work, labor, and materials have been satisfactorily performed or furnished and that the owner has approved the subcontractor's or material supplier's work, labor, and materials. If the contractor fails to pay a subcontractor or material supplier within the appropriate time period, the contractor shall pay the subcontractor or material supplier, in addition to the retainage due, interest in the amount of eighteen per cent per annum of the retainage due, beginning on the eleventh day following the receipt of the retainage from the owner and ending on the date of full payment of the retainage due plus interest to the subcontractor or material supplier. (4) If a subcontractor, material supplier, lower tier subcontractor, or lower tier material supplier receives any final retainage from the contractor or other subcontractor, lower tier subcontractor, or lower tier material supplier for improvements to property, the subcontractor, material supplier, lower tier subcontractor, or lower tier material supplier shall pay from that retainage each lower tier subcontractor or lower tier the lower tier subcontractor's or lower tier material supplier's proportion of the retainage, within ten calendar days after receipt of payment from the contractor or other subcontractor, lower tier subcontractor, or lower tier material supplier, or within the time period provided in a contract, invoice, or purchase order between the subcontractor, material supplier, lower tier subcontractor, or lower tier material supplier and the lower tier subcontractor or lower tier material supplier, whichever time period is shorter, provided that the subcontractor, material supplier, lower tier subcontractor, or lower tier material supplier has determined that the lower tier subcontractor's or lower tier material supplier's work, labor, and materials have been satisfactorily performed or furnished and that the owner has approved the lower tier subcontractor's or lower tier material supplier's work, labor, and materials. If the subcontractor, material supplier, lower tier subcontractor, or lower tier material supplier fails to pay the lower tier subcontractor or lower tier material supplier within the appropriate time period, the subcontractor, material supplier, lower tier subcontractor, or lower tier material supplier shall pay the lower tier subcontractor or lower tier material supplier, in addition to the retainage due, interest in the amount of eighteen per cent per annum of the retainage due, beginning on the eleventh day following the receipt of the retainage from the contractor or other subcontractor, lower tier subcontractor, or lower tier material supplier and ending on the date of full payment of the retainage due plus interest to the lower tier subcontractor or lower tier material supplier. (5) A contractor, subcontractor, or lower tier subcontractor shall pay a laborer wages due within ten days of payment of any application or request for payment or the receipt of any retainage from an owner, contractor, subcontractor, or lower tier subcontractor. If the contractor, subcontractor, or lower tier subcontractor fails to pay the laborer wages due within the appropriate time period, the contractor, subcontractor, or lower tier subcontractor shall pay the laborer, in addition to the wages due, interest in the amount of eighteen per cent per annum of the wages due, beginning on the eleventh day following the receipt of payment from the owner, contractor, subcontractor, or lower tier subcontractor and ending on the date of full payment of the wages due plus interest to the laborer. (B)(1) If a contractor, subcontractor, material supplier, lower tier subcontractor, or lower tier material supplier has not made payment in compliance with division (A)(1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of this section within thirty days after payment is due, a subcontractor, material supplier, lower tier subcontractor, lower tier material supplier, or laborer may file a civil action to recover the amount due plus the interest provided in those divisions. If the court finds in the civil action that a contractor, subcontractor, material supplier, lower tier subcontractor, or lower tier material supplier has not made payment in compliance with those divisions, the court shall award the interest specified in those divisions, in addition to the amount due. Except as provided in division (B)(3) of this section, the court shall award the prevailing party reasonable attorney fees and court costs. (2) In making a determination to award attorney fees under division (B)(1) of this section, the court shall consider all relevant factors, including but not limited to the following: (a) The presence or absence of good faith allegations or defenses asserted by the parties; (b) The proportion of the amount of recovery as it relates to the amount demanded; (c) The nature of the services rendered and the time expended in rendering the services. (3) The court shall not award attorney fees under division (B)(1) of this section if the court determines, following a hearing on the payment of attorney fees, that the payment of attorney fees to the prevailing party would be inequitable. (C) This section does not apply to any construction or improvement of any single-, two-, or three-family detached dwelling houses. (D)(1) No provision of this section regarding entitlement to interest, attorney fees, or court costs may be waived by agreement and any such term in any contract or agreement is void and unenforceable as against public policy. (2) This section shall not be construed as impairing or affecting, in any way, the terms and conditions of any contract, invoice, purchase order, or any other agreement between a contractor and a subcontractor or a material supplier or between a subcontractor and another subcontractor, a material supplier, a lower tier subcontractor, or a lower tier material supplier, except that if such terms and conditions contain time periods which are longer than any of the time periods specified in divisions (A)(1), (2), (3), (4), and (5) of this section or interest at a percentage less than the interest stated in those divisions, then the provisions of this section shall prevail over such terms and conditions. (E) Notwithstanding the definition of lower tier material supplier in this section, a person is not a lower tier material supplier unless the materials supplied by the person are: (1) Furnished with the intent, as evidenced by the contract of sale, the delivery order, delivery to the site, or by other evidence that the materials are to be used on a particular structure or improvement; (2) Incorporated in the improvement or consumed as normal wastage in the course of the improvement; or (3) Specifically fabricated for incorporation in the improvement and not readily resalable in the ordinary course of the fabricator's business even if not actually incorporated in the improvement. (F) As used in this section: (1) "Contractor" means any person who undertakes to construct, alter, erect, improve, repair, demolish, remove, dig, or drill any part of a structure or improvement under a contract with an owner, a "construction manager" or "construction manager at risk" as those terms are defined in section 9.33 of the Revised Code, or a "design-build firm" as that term is defined in section 153.65 of the Revised Code. (2) "Laborer," "material supplier," "subcontractor," and "wages" have the same meanings as in section 1311.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Lower tier subcontractor" means a subcontractor who is not in privity of contract with a contractor but is in privity of contract with another subcontractor. (4) "Lower tier material supplier" means a material supplier who is not in privity of contract with a contractor but is in privity of contract with another subcontractor or a material supplier. (5) "Wages due" means the wages due to a laborer as of the date a contractor or subcontractor receives payment for any application or request for payment or retainage from any owner, contractor, or subcontractor. (6) "Owner" includes the state, and a county, township, municipal corporation, school district, or other political subdivision of the state, and any public agency, authority, board, commission, instrumentality, or special district of or in the state or a county, township, municipal corporation, school district, or other political subdivision of the state, and any officer or agent thereof and relates to all the interests either legal or equitable, which a person may have in the real estate upon which improvements are made, including interests held by any person under contracts of purchase, whether in writing or otherwise.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4121.131 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4121 / § 4121.131
§ 4121.131. Special investigation department access to crime databases
Status: in_force

August 25, 2006 Senate Bill 7 - 126th General Assembly The bureau of workers' compensation special investigation department is a criminal justice agency in investigating reported violations of law relating to workers' compensation, and as such may apply for access to the computerized databases administered by the national crime information center or the law enforcement automated data system in Ohio and to other computerized databases administered for the purpose of making criminal justice information accessible to state and criminal justice agencies.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4121.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4121 / § 4121.32
§ 4121.32. Supplementing rules with operating manuals
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 Senate Bill 196 - 135th General Assembly (A) The rules covering operating procedure and criteria for decision-making that the administrator of workers' compensation and the industrial commission are required to adopt pursuant to section 4121.31 of the Revised Code shall be supplemented with operating manuals setting forth the procedural steps in detail for performing each of the assigned tasks of each section of the bureau of workers' compensation and commission. The administrator and commission jointly shall adopt such manuals. No employee may deviate from manual procedures without authorization of the section chief. (B) Manuals shall set forth the procedure for the assignment and transfer of claims within sections and be designed to provide performance objectives and may require employees to record sufficient data to reasonably measure the efficiency of functions in all sections. The bureau shall perform periodic cost-effectiveness analyses that shall be made available to the general assembly, the governor, and to the public during normal working hours. (C) The bureau and commission jointly shall develop, adopt, and use a policy manual setting forth the guidelines and bases for decision-making for any decision which is the responsibility of the bureau, district hearing officers, staff hearing officers, or the commission. Guidelines shall be set forth in the policy manual by the bureau and commission to the extent of their respective jurisdictions for deciding at least the following specific matters: (1) Reasonable ambulance services; (2) Relationship of drugs to injury; (3) Awarding lump-sum advances for creditors; (4) Awarding lump-sum advances for attorney's fees; (5) Placing a claimant into rehabilitation; (6) Transferring costs of a claim from employer costs to the statutory surplus fund pursuant to section 4123.343 of the Revised Code; (7) Utilization of physician or nurse specialist reports; (8) Determining the percentage of permanent partial disability, temporary partial disability, temporary total disability, violations of specific safety requirements, an award under division (B) of section 4123.57 of the Revised Code, and permanent total disability. (D) The bureau shall establish, adopt, and implement policy guidelines and bases for decisions involving reimbursement issues including, but not limited to, the adjustment of invoices, the reduction of payments for future services when an internal audit concludes that a health care provider was overpaid or improperly paid for past services, reimbursement fees, or other adjustments to payments. These policy guidelines and bases for decisions, and any changes to the guidelines and bases, shall be set forth in a reimbursement manual and provider bulletins. Neither the policy guidelines nor the bases set forth in the reimbursement manual or provider bulletins referred to in this division is a rule as defined in section 119.01 of the Revised Code. (E) With respect to any determination of disability under Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code, when the physician, certified nurse-midwife, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner makes a determination based upon statements or information furnished by the claimant or upon subjective evidence, the physician or nurse shall clearly indicate this fact in the physician's or nurse's report. (F) The administrator shall publish the manuals and make copies of all manuals available to interested parties at cost. Last updated February 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4171.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4171 / § 4171.07
§ 4171.07. Floor supervisors - duties, training
Status: in_force

April 1, 1993 Senate Bill 347 - 119th General Assembly Each operator shall maintain at least one floor supervisor on duty for every one hundred seventy-five roller skaters when the roller skating rink is open for sessions. The floor supervisor shall be in a position to observe the skate floor and shall monitor activity on the skate floor and be available to assist skaters in understanding and adhering to the responsibilities of roller skaters set forth in section 4171.08 of the Revised Code. The floor supervisor shall comply with the duties of a floor supervisor as defined by the roller skating rink operators of America or its successor organization, including directing traffic and assisting roller skaters who may fall or sustain injuries. The floor supervisor also shall issue warnings, reprimands, or penalties to roller skaters upon their violation of the responsibilities set forth in section 4171.08 of the Revised Code. No person shall act as a floor supervisor unless he has received the training appropriate for such duties.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4113.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4113 / § 4113.16
§ 4113.16. No exemption by special provisions - assignment of future wages invalid - exception
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 House Bill 494 - 132nd General Assembly No employer subject to section 4113.15 of the Revised Code shall, by a special contract with an employee or by other means, exempt the employer from this section and section 4113.15 of the Revised Code, and no assignments of future wages, payable semimonthly under such sections are valid except as provided in section 1321.32 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4141.55 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4141 / § 4141.55
§ 4141.55. Reimbursement
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) If the state is eligible for and receives reimbursement for shared work compensation paid under the SharedWork Ohio program from the federal government pursuant to the federal "Layoff Prevention Act of 2012," Pub. L. No. 112-96, 126 Stat. 156, or any other federal law, notwithstanding section 4141.24 of the Revised Code and if permitted under that act or other federal law, during the time period in which the state is fully or partially reimbursed the account of an employer shall not be charged for the portion of any shared work compensation paid to a participating employer's participating employees for which the state receives reimbursement. If the federal government does not provide full reimbursement for shared work compensation paid to an individual under section 4141.53 of the Revised Code, the portion of shared work compensation paid to that individual that is not reimbursed shall be charged in accordance with division (C) of this section. (B) Beginning with the week for which the federal government no longer provides reimbursement, or if the state does not receive reimbursement or the federal government requires an employer's account to be charged, any shared work compensation paid to an individual shall be charged in accordance with division (C) of this section. (C) Except as provided in divisions (A) and (B) of this section, any shared work compensation paid to an individual under section 4141.53 of the Revised Code shall be charged in accordance with division (D) of section 4141.24 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 24, 2021 at 2:13 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.442 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4123 / § 4123.442
§ 4123.442. Development of investment policy - duties of committee
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 Senate Bill 6 - 135th General Assembly When developing the investment policy for the investment of the assets of the funds specified in this chapter and Chapters 4121., 4127., and 4131. of the Revised Code, the workers' compensation investment committee shall do all of the following: (A) Specify the asset allocation targets and ranges, risk factors, asset class benchmarks, time horizons, total return objectives, and performance evaluation guidelines; (B) Prohibit investing the assets of those funds, directly or indirectly, in vehicles that target any of the following: (1) Coins; (2) Artwork; (3) Horses; (4) Jewelry or gems; (5) Stamps; (6) Antiques; (7) Artifacts; (8) Collectibles; (9) Memorabilia; (10) Similar unregulated investments that are not commonly part of an institutional portfolio, that lack liquidity, and that lack readily determinable valuation. (C) Specify that the administrator of workers' compensation may invest in an investment class only if the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, by a majority vote, opens that class; (D) Prohibit investing the assets of those funds in any class of investments the board, by majority vote, closed, or any specific investment in which the board prohibits the administrator from investing; (E) Prohibit investing the assets of those funds with the primary purpose of influencing any social or environmental policy or attempting to influence the governance of any corporation; (F) Not specify in the investment policy that the administrator or employees of the bureau of workers' compensation are prohibited from conducting business with an investment management firm, any investment management professional associated with that firm, any third party solicitor associated with that firm, or any political action committee controlled by that firm or controlled by an investment management professional of that firm based on criteria that are more restrictive than the restrictions described in divisions (Y) and (Z) of section 3517.13 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4113.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4113 / § 4113.51
§ 4113.51. Whistleblower's protection definitions
Status: in_force

October 31, 1990 House Bill 588 - 118th General Assembly As used in sections 4113.51 to 4113.53 of the Revised Code: (A) "Employee" means any person who performs a service for wages or other remuneration for an employer. (B) "Employer" means any person who has one or more employees. "Employer" includes an agent of an employer, the state or any agency or instrumentality of the state, and any municipal corporation, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision or any agency or instrumentality thereof. (C) "Person" has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the Revised Code and also includes a public agency or any other legal entity. (D) "Peace officer" has the same meaning as in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code. (E) "Political subdivision" has the same meaning as in division (F) of section 2744.01 of the Revised Code. (F) "Prosecuting authority" means the prosecuting attorney of a county or the director of law, village solicitor, or similar chief legal officer of a municipal corporation. (G) "Inspector general" means the inspector general appointed under section 121.48 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4125.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4125 / § 4125.11
§ 4125.11. Effect on employer status in bids, contracts, etc
Status: in_force

March 22, 2013 Senate Bill 139 - 129th General Assembly For purposes of a bid, contract, purchase order, or agreement entered into with the state or any political subdivision, a client employer's status or certification as a small, minority-owned, disadvantaged, or woman-owned business enterprise or as a historically underutilized business shall not be affected as a result of the client employer entering into a professional employer organization agreement or using the services of a professional employer organization.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4104.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4104 / § 4104.11
§ 4104.11. Inspecting boilers
Status: in_force

October 29, 1995 Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly (A) All power boilers and high pressure, high temperature water boilers and their appurtenances shall be thoroughly inspected internally and externally and under operating conditions at intervals of not more than one year, unless approved for biennial inspection under section 4104.13 of the Revised Code, and shall not be operated at pressures in excess of the safe working pressure stated in the certificate of operation mentioned in sections 4104.12 , 4104.13 , and 4104.15 of the Revised Code. (B) All low pressure boilers and their appurtenances shall be thoroughly inspected externally under operating conditions at intervals of not more than one year, and, except for cast-iron boilers, shall also be inspected internally at intervals of not more than three years, and shall not be operated at pressures in excess of the safe working pressure stated in the certificate of operation mentioned in sections 4104.12 and 4104.15 of the Revised Code. (C) All process boilers and their appurtenances shall be thoroughly inspected internally and externally and under operating conditions at intervals of not more than three years unless approved for quinquennial inspection under section 4104.13 of the Revised Code, and shall not be operated at pressures in excess of the safe working pressure stated in the certificate of operation mentioned in sections 4104.12 , 4104.13 , and 4104.15 of the Revised Code.