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Ohio Rev Code § 4165.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4165 | Deceptive Trade Practices|Section 4165.03 | Injunctive Relief.

Effective: March 30, 1999|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 173 - 122nd General Assembly|(A)(1) A person who is likely to be damaged by a person who commits a deceptive trade practice that is listed in division (A) of section 4165.02 of the Revised Code may commence a civil action for injunctive relief against the other person, and the court of common pleas involved in that action may grant injunctive relief based on the principles of equity and on the terms that the court considers reasonable. Proof of monetary damage or loss of profits is not required in a civil action commenced under division (A)(1) of this section.(2) A person who is injured by a person who commits a deceptive trade practice that is listed in division (A) of section 4165.02 of the Revised Code may commence a civil action to recover actual damages from the person who commits the deceptive trade practice.(B) The court may award in accordance with this division reasonable attorney's fees to the prevailing party in either type of civil action authorized by division (A) of this section. An award of attorney's fees may be assessed against a plaintiff if the court finds that the plaintiff knew the action to be groundless. An award of attorney's fees may be assessed against a defendant if the court finds that the defendant has willfully engaged in a trade practice listed in division (A) of section 4165.02 of the Revised Code knowing it to be deceptive.(C) The civil relief provided in this section is in addition to civil or criminal remedies otherwise available against the same conduct under the common law or other sections of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4165.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4165 | Deceptive Trade Practices|Section 4165.04 | Exceptions.

Effective: March 30, 1999|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 173 - 122nd General Assembly|(A) This chapter does not apply to either of the following:(1) Conduct that is in compliance with the orders or rules of, or a statute administered by, a federal, state, or local governmental agency;(2) Publishers, broadcasters, printers, or other persons who are engaged in the dissemination of information or reproduction of printed or pictorial matter and who publish, broadcast, or reproduce material without knowledge of its deceptive character.(B) Divisions (A)(2) and (3) of section 4165.02 of the Revised Code do not apply to the use of a service mark, trademark, certification mark, collective mark, trade name, or other trade identification that was used and not abandoned before September 25, 1969, if the use was in good faith and otherwise is lawful except for this chapter.
Ohio Rev Code § 4167.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4167 | Public Employment Risk Reduction Program|Section 4167.02 | Director to Enforce Program - Public Employment Risk Reduction Advisory Commission.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  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 § 4167.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4167 | Public Employment Risk Reduction Program|Section 4167.03 | Construction and Interpretation.

Effective: April 20, 1993|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 308 - 119th General Assembly|(A) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no provision of this chapter shall be construed to supersede or in any manner affect any workers' compensation law or to enlarge or diminish or affect in any other manner the common law, statutory rights, duties, or liabilities of public employers or public employees under any law with respect to injuries, diseases, or death of public employees arising out of, or in the course of, employment.(B) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to enlarge or diminish or affect in any other manner the common law or statutory rights of public employers, contractors, or subcontractors to enter into or enforce indemnification, hold harmless, or guarantee performance agreements among themselves as those agreements existed prior to June 30, 1993.
Ohio Rev Code § 4167.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4167 | Public Employment Risk Reduction Program|Section 4167.04 | Duty of Public Employer to Provide Safe Place of Employment.

Effective: April 20, 1993|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 308 - 119th General Assembly|(A) Each public employer shall:(1) Furnish to each of his public employees employment and a place of employment free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his public employees;(2) Comply with Ohio employment risk reduction standards, rules, and orders adopted or issued pursuant to this chapter.(B) Notwithstanding this section or any other provision in this chapter to the contrary, no public employer is required to take any action under this chapter that would cause an undue hardship upon that public employer, unless the action is required to prevent imminent danger of death or serious harm to the public employee.
Ohio Rev Code § 4167.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4167 | Public Employment Risk Reduction Program|Section 4167.05 | Compliance With Employment Risk Reduction Standards, Rules, and Orders.

Effective: April 20, 1993|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 308 - 119th General Assembly|Each public employee shall:(A) Comply with Ohio employment risk reduction standards, rules, and orders adopted or issued pursuant to this chapter which are applicable to the public employee's actions and conduct;(B) Comply with safety rules the public employer establishes for the purpose of fulfilling compliance with Ohio employment risk reduction standards, rules, or orders adopted or issued pursuant to this chapter. All such rules the public employer adopts shall be reasonable as determined in accordance with the purposes and objectives of this chapter.
Ohio Rev Code § 4167.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4167 | Public Employment Risk Reduction Program|Section 4167.06 | Right to Refuse to Work Under Unsafe Conditions.

Effective: June 21, 2005|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 67 - 126th General Assembly|(A) A public employee acting in good faith has the right to refuse to work under conditions that the public employee reasonably believes present an imminent danger of death or serious harm to the public employee, provided that such conditions are not such as normally exist for or reasonably might be expected to occur in the occupation of the public employee. A public employer shall not discriminate against a public employee for a good faith refusal to perform assigned tasks if the public employee has requested that the public employer correct the hazardous conditions but the conditions remain uncorrected, there was insufficient time to eliminate the danger by resorting to the enforcement methods provided in this chapter, and the danger was one that a reasonable person under the circumstances then confronting the public employee would conclude is an imminent danger of death or serious physical harm to the public employee. A public employee who has refused in good faith to perform assigned tasks and who has not been reassigned to other tasks by the public employer shall, in addition to retaining a right to continued employment, receive full compensation for the tasks that would have been performed. If the public employer reassigns the public employee, the public employer shall pay the public employee's full compensation as if the public employee were not reassigned.(B) A public employee who exercises the right to refuse to work under division (A) of this section shall notify by a written statement that is signed by the public employee, as soon as practicable after exercising that right, the administrator of workers' compensation of the condition that presents an imminent danger of death or serious harm to the public employee. Upon receipt of the notification, the administrator or the administrator's designee immediately shall inspect the premises of the public employer. The administrator and the administrator's designee shall comply with section 4167.10 of the Revised Code in conducting the inspection and investigation and in issuing orders and citations.(C) A public employee who refuses to perform assigned tasks under division (A) of this section and fails to meet all of the conditions set forth in that division for the refusal is subject to any disciplinary action provided by law or agreement between the public employer and public employee for a refusal to work, including, but not limited to, suspension, nonpayment of wages for the duration of the refusal to work, and discharge.
Ohio Rev Code § 4167.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4167 | Public Employment Risk Reduction Program|Section 4167.08 | Issuance of Emergency Temporary Ohio Employment Risk Reduction Standard.

Effective: September 10, 2007|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 100 - 127th General Assembly|(A) In the event of an emergency or unusual situation, the administrator of workers' compensation shall issue an emergency temporary Ohio employment risk reduction standard to take immediate effect upon publication in newspapers of general circulation in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Toledo if the administrator finds both of the following: (1) Public employees are exposed to grave danger from exposure to substances or agents determined to be toxic or physically harmful or from new hazards;(2) The emergency temporary Ohio employment risk reduction standard is necessary to protect employees from the danger.(B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section an emergency temporary Ohio employment risk reduction standard issued by the administrator under division (A) of this section shall be in effect no longer than fifteen days, unless the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors approves the emergency temporary Ohio employment risk reduction standard as issued by the administrator, in which case, the emergency temporary Ohio employment risk reduction standard shall be in effect no longer than one hundred twenty days after the date the administrator issues it.(2) The administrator may renew an emergency temporary Ohio employment risk reduction standard that has been approved by the board for an additional time period not to exceed one hundred days if the administrator finds that the conditions identified in divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section continue to exist.On or before the expiration date of the emergency temporary Ohio employment risk reduction standard or renewal thereof, if the conditions identified in divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section continue to exist, the administrator, with the advice and consent of the board, shall adopt a permanent Ohio employment risk reduction standard pursuant to section 4167.07 of the Revised Code as a rule to replace the emergency temporary Ohio employment risk reduction standard.
Ohio Rev Code § 4167.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4167 | Public Employment Risk Reduction Program|Section 4167.11 | Program of Collection, Compilation, and Analysis of Employment Risk Reduction Statistics.

Effective: September 10, 2007|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 100 - 127th General Assembly|(A) In order to further the purposes of this chapter, the administrator of workers' compensation shall develop and maintain, for public employers and public employees, an effective program of collection, compilation, and analysis of employment risk reduction statistics. (B) To implement and maintain division (A) of this section, the administrator, with the advice and consent of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that extend to all of the following:(1) Requiring each public employer to make, keep, and preserve, and make available to the administrator, reports and records regarding the public employer's activities, as determined by the rule that are necessary or appropriate for the enforcement of this chapter or for developing information regarding the causes and prevention of occupational accidents and illnesses. The rule shall prescribe which of these reports and records shall or may be furnished to public employees and public employee representatives.(2) Requiring every public employer, through posting of notices or other appropriate means, to keep their public employees informed of public employees' rights and obligations under this chapter, including the provisions of applicable Ohio employment risk reduction standards;(3) Requiring public employers to maintain accurate records of public employee exposure to potentially toxic materials, carcinogenic materials, and harmful physical agents that are required to be monitored or measured under rules adopted under the guidelines of division (C) of section 4167.07 of the Revised Code. The rule shall provide public employees or public employee representatives an opportunity to observe the monitoring or measuring, and to have access on request to the records thereof, and may provide public employees or public employee representatives an opportunity to participate in and to undertake their own monitoring or measuring. The rules also shall permit each current or former public employee to have access to the records that indicate their own exposure to toxic materials, carcinogenic materials, or harmful agents.(C) The administrator shall obtain any information under division (B) of this section with a minimum burden upon the public employer and shall, to the maximum extent feasible, reduce unnecessary duplication of efforts in obtaining the information.
Ohio Rev Code § 4167.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4167 | Public Employment Risk Reduction Program|Section 4167.12 | Confidential Trade Secrets.

Effective: June 21, 2005|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 67 - 126th General Assembly|All information reported to or otherwise obtained by the administrator of workers' compensation or the administrator's designee in connection with any investigation, inspection, or proceeding under this chapter that reveals a trade secret of any person is confidential, except that the information may be disclosed to other agents or authorized representatives of the administrator concerned with fulfilling the requirements of this chapter, or when relevant, to any proceeding under this chapter. In any proceeding, the administrator or the court shall issue orders as appropriate to protect the confidentiality of trade secrets.
Ohio Rev Code § 4167.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4167 | Public Employment Risk Reduction Program|Section 4167.13 | Prohibiting Retaliation by Employer.

Effective: April 20, 1993|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 308 - 119th General Assembly|(A) No public employer shall discharge or in any manner discriminate against any public employee because the public employee, in good faith, files any complaint or institutes any proceeding under or related to this chapter, or testifies or is about to testify in any proceeding, or because of the exercise by the public employee, on his own behalf or on the behalf of others, of any right afforded under this chapter.(B) Any public employee who believes he has been discharged or otherwise discriminated against by any public employer in violation of division (A) of this section may elect any one of the following remedies:(1) File, within sixty days after the violation occurs, a complaint with the state personnel board of review. The state personnel board of review may restrain violations of division (A) of this section and order all appropriate relief including rehiring or reinstatement of the employee to his former position with back pay and reasonable interest thereon.(2) Pursue any grievance or appeal procedure provided for an action based upon a violation of division (A) of this section under a collective bargaining agreement entered into pursuant to Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code;(3) Pursue any grievance or appeal procedure provided for an action based upon a violation of division (A) of this section under a municipal or county charter;(4) Pursue any grievance or appeal procedure provided for an action based upon a violation of division (A) of this section under section 124.34 of the Revised Code;(5) Pursue any grievance or appeal procedure provided for an action based upon a violation of division (A) of this section under any other grievance or appeal procedure or any other right or remedy provided by law.(C) An employee may elect only one of the remedies provided for in divisions (B)(1) to (5) of this section and is barred from asserting an action based upon a violation of division (A) under any other remedy provided in division (B) of this section.(D) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting a public employer's right to take any action as provided in division (C) of section 4167.06 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4167.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4167 | Public Employment Risk Reduction Program|Section 4167.14 | Injunctive Relief.

Effective: September 10, 2007|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 100 - 127th General Assembly|(A) Any court of common pleas has jurisdiction, upon petition of the administrator of workers' compensation, to restrain any conditions or practices in any places of employment that present a danger that could reasonably be expected to cause death or serious harm or contribute significantly to occupationally related illness immediately or before the imminence of the danger can be eliminated through the enforcement procedures provided in this chapter. Any order issued under this section may require that steps be taken as necessary to avoid, correct, or remove the imminent danger and prohibit the employment or presence of any individual in locations or under conditions where the imminent danger exists, except individuals whose presence is necessary to avoid, correct, or remove the imminent danger. (B) Upon the filing of a petition under division (A) of this section, the court of common pleas may grant injunctive relief or a temporary restraining order pending the outcome of an enforcement proceeding pursuant to this chapter, except that no temporary restraining order issued without notice is effective for a period longer than five calendar days.(C) If the administrator or the administrator's designee responsible for inspections determines that the imminent danger as described in division (A) of this section is such that immediate action is necessary, and further determines that there is not sufficient time in light of the nature, severity, and imminence of the danger to seek and obtain a temporary restraining order or injunction, the administrator or the administrator's designee immediately shall file a petition with the court under division (A) of this section and issue an order requiring action to be taken as is necessary to avoid, correct, or remove the imminent danger.The administrator, with the advice and consent of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, shall adopt rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, to permit a public employer expeditious informal reconsideration of any order issued by the administrator under this division. Unless the administrator reverses an order pursuant to the informal reconsideration, the order remains in effect pending the court's determination under this section. If the administrator modifies an order pursuant to the informal reconsideration, the administrator shall provide the court with whom the administrator filed the petition under this section with a copy of the modified order. The modified order remains in effect pending the court's determination under this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 4167.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4167 | Public Employment Risk Reduction Program|Section 4167.15 | Request for Hearing on Order, Rule or Standard.

Effective: June 21, 2005|Latest Legislation:  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.