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Ohio Rev Code § 124.326 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel|Section 124.326 | Layoff Jurisdictions.

Effective: July 1, 2007|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 187 - 126th General Assembly|(A) The order of layoff and displacement shall apply within layoff jurisdictions. Each of the layoff jurisdictions, as defined in this section, is autonomous, and layoff, displacement, reinstatement, and reemployment procedures shall apply only within the jurisdiction affected by the layoff. (B) The layoff jurisdictions are as follows:(1) District layoff jurisdiction: the order of layoff shall be followed on a district-wide basis within each state agency, board, commission, or independent institution. The director of administrative services shall establish layoff districts for state agencies, boards, and commissions.(2) County jurisdiction: within county agencies, the order of layoff shall be followed within each county appointing authority.(3) University and college jurisdiction: each state-supported college and university is a separate, indivisible layoff jurisdiction throughout which the order of layoff shall be followed, except that a branch campus outside the layoff district of its main campus shall be considered a separate layoff jurisdiction. For purposes of division (B)(3) of this section, the Ohio agriculture research and development center shall be considered a branch campus of the Ohio state university.The layoff jurisdiction described in division (B)(3) of this section shall not apply to employees who:(a) Are laid off for a temporary period of up to one hundred ten consecutive days; or(b) Have specialized skills, knowledge, or training necessary for the performance of their job.A state-supported college or university may adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to provide for the layoff of employees who are not subject to the lay-off jurisdiction described in division (B)(3) of this section but instead are subject to the lay-off jurisdiction described in division (B)(1) of this section.(C) As used in this section, "independent institution" means an institution under the control of a managing officer or board of trustees with the power to appoint or remove employees as provided by statute.
Ohio Rev Code § 124.328 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel|Section 124.328 | Layoff, Displacement Appeals.

Effective: September 29, 2005|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly|A classified employee may appeal a layoff, or a displacement that is the result of a layoff, to the state personnel board of review. The appeal shall be filed or postmarked no later than ten days after receipt of the layoff notice or after the date the employee is displaced. In cases involving the laying off of classified employees, the affected employee or appointing authority may appeal the decision of the state personnel board of review to the court of common pleas in accordance with section 119.12 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 124.35 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel|Section 124.35 | Refusal to Testify Constitutes Unfitness.

Effective: December 4, 1973|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 174 - 110th General Assembly|In any hearing on the question of fitness and continued employment of any person holding a position, job, or office under the authority of this state, the fact that he, being called before a duly authorized tribunal, or in an investigation under authority of law, refuses to testify concerning his membership in an organization which advocates overthrow of the government of the United States or of this state, by force, violence or other unlawful means on the ground that his answers might tend to incriminate him, shall constitute unfitness of such person for holding such position, job or office.
Ohio Rev Code § 124.36 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel|Section 124.36 | Cause for Removal - Teacher Terminations.

Effective: October 1, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 525 - 129th General Assembly|It shall be sufficient cause for the removal of any public employees including teachers in the public schools or any state supported educational institution when such public employee or teacher advocates or willfully retains membership in an organization which advocates overthrow of the government of the United States or of the state, by force, violence or other unlawful means. The procedure for the termination of a contract of a teacher under the provisions of this section shall be in the manner set forth in section 3311.82 or 3319.16 of the Revised Code. The procedure for the removal of all other public employees under the provisions of this section shall be the same as is provided in section 124.34 of the Revised Code, except that the decision of the state personnel board of review or the municipal civil service commission shall be subject to appeal to the court of common pleas of the county in which such public employees are employed to determine the sufficiency of the cause of removal. Such appeal shall be taken within ten days from the finding of the board or commission.
Ohio Rev Code § 124.37 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel|Section 124.37 | Police and Fire Departments Reduction in Work Force - Layoffs - Job Abolishment.

Effective: December 4, 1973|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 174 - 110th General Assembly|When it becomes necessary in a police or fire department, through lack of work or funds, or for causes other than those outlined in section 124.34 of the Revised Code, to reduce the force in such department, the youngest employee in point of service shall be first laid off. Should a position in the police or fire department once abolished or made unnecessary be found necessary to be re-created or re-established within three years from the date of abolishment, or should a vacancy occur through death, resignation, or any other cause within three years from the date of the abolishment of the position or layoff, the oldest employee in point of service of those laid off shall be entitled to the position, providing he was at the date of his separation a regular and permanent employee. If any employee, laid off as prescribed in this section, enters into the active service of the army, navy, marine corps, or other armed service of the United States, the period such employee serves therein shall not be considered in the determination of the three years stipulated as a maximum time within which reinstatements shall be made; such three-year period shall be computed exclusive of the time the employee spent in the armed services. When a position above the rank of patrolman in the police department and above the rank of regular fireman in the fire department is abolished, and the incumbent has been permanently appointed, he shall be demoted to the next lower rank and the youngest officer in point of service in the next lower rank shall be demoted, and so on down until the youngest person in point of service has been reached, who shall be laid off.
Ohio Rev Code § 124.383 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel|Section 124.383 | Options With Respect to Sick Leave Credit Remaining at End of Year.

Effective: July 1, 2007|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 187 - 126th General Assembly|(A) The director of administrative services shall allow a full-time or part-time employee who is credited with sick leave pursuant to division (B) of section 124.382 of the Revised Code to elect one of the following options with respect to sick leave credit remaining at the end of the year: (1) Carry forward the balance;(2) Receive a cash benefit as established by the director. An employee serving in a temporary work level who elects to convert unused sick leave credit to cash shall do so at the base rate of pay of the employee's normal classification.(3) Carry forward a portion of the balance and receive a cash benefit for the remainder. The cash benefit shall be calculated in the manner specified in division (A)(2) of this section.(B) The director of administrative services shall establish procedures to allow employees to indicate the option that will be selected. Included within the procedures shall be the final date by which notification is to be made to the director concerning the option selected. Failure to comply with the date will result in the automatic carry forward of unused balances.(C) Cash benefits shall be paid in the first pay the employee receives in December.(D) Balances carried forward are excluded from further cash benefits provided under this section.(E) An employee who separates during the year shall not be eligible for cash benefits provided under this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 124.384 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel|Section 124.384 | Accumulated Sick Leave.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly|(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, employees whose salaries or wages are paid by warrant of the director of budget and management and who have accumulated sick leave under section 124.38 or 124.382 of the Revised Code shall be paid for a percentage of their accumulated balances, upon separation for any reason, including death but excluding retirement, at their last base rate of pay at the rate of one hour of pay for every two hours of accumulated balances. An employee who retires in accordance with any retirement plan offered by the state shall be paid upon retirement for each hour of the employee's accumulated sick leave balance at a rate of fifty-five per cent of the employee's last base rate of pay.An employee serving in a temporary work level who elects to convert unused sick leave to cash shall do so at the base rate of pay of the employee's normal classification. If an employee dies, the employee's unused sick leave shall be paid in accordance with section 2113.04 of the Revised Code or to the employee's estate.In order to be eligible for the payment authorized by this section, an employee shall have at least one year of state service and shall request all or a portion of that payment no later than three years after separation from state service. No person is eligible to receive all or a portion of the payment authorized by this section at any time later than three years after the person's separation from state service.(B) A person initially employed on or after July 5, 1987, by a state agency in which the employees' salaries or wages are paid directly by warrant of the director of budget and management shall receive payment under this section only for sick leave accumulated while employed by state agencies in which the employees' salaries or wages are paid directly by warrant of the director of budget and management. Additionally, a person initially employed on or after July 5, 1987, but before October 1, 2017, by the state department of education as an unclassified employee shall receive payment under this section for sick leave placed to the employee's credit under division (E)(2) of section 124.382 of the Revised Code.(C) For employees paid in accordance with section 124.152 of the Revised Code and those employees listed in divisions (B)(2) and (4) of section 124.14 of the Revised Code, the director of administrative services, with the approval of the director of budget and management, may establish a plan for early payment of accrued sick leave and vacation leave.
Ohio Rev Code § 124.387 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel|Section 124.387 | Bereavement Leave.

Effective: December 1, 2006|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 530 - 126th General Assembly|Each full-time permanent and part-time permanent employee whose salary or wage is paid directly by warrant of the director of budget and management shall be granted three days of bereavement leave with pay upon the death of a member of the employee's immediate family. Compensation for bereavement leave shall be equal to the employee's base rate of pay.
Ohio Rev Code § 124.388 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel|Section 124.388 | Administrative Leave.

Effective: July 1, 2007|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 187 - 126th General Assembly|(A) An appointing authority may, in its discretion, place an employee on administrative leave with pay. Administrative leave with pay is to be used only in circumstances where the health or safety of an employee or of any person or property entrusted to the employee's care could be adversely affected. Compensation for administrative leave with pay shall be equal to the employee's base rate of pay. The length of administrative leave with pay is solely at the discretion of the appointing authority, but shall not exceed the length of the situation for which the leave was granted. An appointing authority may also grant administrative leave with pay of two days or less for employees who are moved in accordance with section 124.33 of the Revised Code. (B) An appointing authority may, in its discretion, place an employee on administrative leave without pay for a period not to exceed two months, if the employee has been charged with a violation of law that is punishable as a felony. If the employee subsequently does not plead guilty to or is not found guilty of a felony with which the employee is charged or any other felony, the appointing authority shall pay the employee at the employee's base rate of pay, plus interest, for the period the employee was on the unpaid administrative leave.
Ohio Rev Code § 124.389 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel|Section 124.389 | Employee Exchange Program.

Effective: December 1, 2006|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 530 - 126th General Assembly|The director of administrative services may establish an employee exchange program for employees whose salary or wage is paid directly by warrant of the director of budget and management. The director of administrative services shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to provide for the administration of the program.
Ohio Rev Code § 124.391 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel|Section 124.391 | Donation of Paid Leave Program.

Effective: December 1, 2006|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 530 - 126th General Assembly|(A) As used in this section, "paid leave" means sick leave, personal leave, or vacation leave. (B) The director of administrative services may establish a program under which an employee paid directly by warrant of the director of budget and management may donate that employee's accrued but unused paid leave to another employee paid directly by warrant of the director of budget and management who has no accrued but unused paid leave and who has a critical need for it because of circumstances such as a serious illness or the serious illness of a member of the employee's immediate family.If the director of administrative services establishes a leave donation program under this division, the director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to provide for the administration of the program. These rules shall include, but not be limited to, provisions that identify the circumstances under which leave may be donated and that specify the amount, types, and value of leave that may be donated.(C) At the discretion of the appropriate legislative authority, a county may implement a leave donation program, as provided in this section, for all county agencies or for one or more designated agencies within the county.
Ohio Rev Code § 124.393 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel|Section 124.393 | Mandatory Cost Savings Program Applicable to Exempt Employees.

Effective: June 19, 2020|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 481 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) As used in this section:  (1) "Exempt employee" means a permanent full-time or permanent part-time county, township, or municipal corporation employee who is not subject to a collective bargaining agreement between a public employer and an exclusive representative. (2) "Fiscal emergency" means any of the following: (a) A fiscal emergency declared by the governor under section 126.05 of the Revised Code. (b) A fiscal watch or fiscal emergency has been declared or determined under section 118.023 or 118.04 of the Revised Code. (c) Lack of funds as defined in section 124.321 of the Revised Code. (d) Reasons of economy as described in section 124.321 of the Revised Code. (3) "Lack of work" has the same meaning as in section 124.321 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) A county, township, or municipal corporation appointing authority may establish a mandatory cost savings program applicable to its exempt employees. Each exempt employee shall participate in the program of mandatory cost savings for not more than eighty hours, as determined by the appointing authority, in each of state fiscal years 2010 to 2013. The program may include, but is not limited to, a loss of pay or loss of holiday pay. The program may be administered differently among employees based on their classifications, appointment categories, or other relevant distinctions. (2) After June 30, 2013, a county, township, or municipal corporation appointing authority may implement mandatory cost savings days as described in division (B)(1) of this section that apply to its exempt employees in the event of a fiscal emergency. (C) A county, township, or municipal corporation appointing authority shall issue guidelines concerning how the appointing authority will implement the cost savings program. (D)(1) A county, township, or municipal corporation appointing authority may establish a mandatory cost savings program applicable to its exempt employees in the event of a fiscal emergency or lack of work due to COVID-19. Each exempt employee shall participate in the program of mandatory cost savings for not more than one hundred sixty hours, as determined by the appointing authority, in state fiscal year 2021. The program may include, but is not limited to, a loss of pay or loss of holiday pay. The program may be administered differently among employees based on their classifications, appointment categories, or other relevant distinctions. (2) A county, township, or municipal corporation appointing authority that establishes a mandatory cost savings program under division (D)(1) of this section shall issue guidelines concerning how the appointing authority will implement the cost savings program.
Ohio Rev Code § 124.394 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel|Section 124.394 | Modified Work Week Schedule Program.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|(A) As used in this section: (1) "Exempt employee" means a permanent full-time or permanent part-time county employee, township, or municipal corporation who is not subject to a collective bargaining agreement between a public employer and an exclusive representative.(2) "Fiscal emergency" means any of the following:(a) A fiscal emergency declared by the governor under section 126.05 of the Revised Code.(b) A fiscal watch or a fiscal emergency declared or determined by the auditor of state under section 118.023 or 118.04 of the Revised Code.(c) Lack of funds as defined in section 124.321 of the Revised Code.(d) Reasons of economy as described in section 124.321 of the Revised Code.(B) A county, township, or municipal corporation appointing authority may establish a modified work week schedule program applicable to its exempt employees. Each exempt employee shall participate in any established modified work week schedule program in each of state fiscal years 2012 and 2013. The program may provide for a reduction from the usual number of hours worked during a week by exempt employees immediately before the establishment of the program by the appointing authority. The reduction in hours may include any number of hours so long as the reduction is not more than fifty per cent of the usual hours worked by exempt employees immediately before the establishment of the program. The program may be administered differently among employees based on classifications, appointment categories, or other relevant distinctions.(C) After June 30, 2013, a county, township, or municipal corporation appointing authority may implement a modified work week schedule program as described in division (B) of this section that applies to its exempt employees in the event of a fiscal emergency.
Ohio Rev Code § 124.41 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel|Section 124.41 | Police Department Qualifications - Police Cadet Program.

Effective: March 31, 2003|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 245 - 124th General Assembly|No person shall be eligible to receive an original appointment to a police department, as a police officer, subject to the civil service laws of this state, unless the person has reached the age of twenty-one and has, not more than one hundred twenty days prior to the date of such appointment, passed a physical examination, given by a licensed physician, a physician assistant, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse practitioner, or a certified nurse-midwife, certifying that the applicant is free of cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, and showing that the applicant meets the physical requirements necessary to perform the duties of a police officer as established by the civil service commission having jurisdiction over the appointment. The appointing authority shall, prior to making any such appointment, file with the Ohio police and fire pension fund a copy of the report or findings of the licensed physician, physician assistant, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse practitioner, or certified nurse-midwife. The professional fee for such physical examination shall be paid by the civil service commission. Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person is eligible to receive an original appointment when the person is thirty-five years of age or older, and no person can be declared disqualified as over age prior to that time. The maximum age limitation established by this section does not apply to a city in which an ordinance establishes a different maximum age limitation for an original appointment to the police department or to a civil service township in which a resolution adopted by the board of trustees of the township establishes a different maximum age limitation for an original appointment to the police department.Nothing in this section shall prevent a municipal corporation or a civil service township from establishing a police cadet program and employing persons as police cadets at age eighteen for the purposes of training persons to become police officers. The board of trustees of a civil service township may establish by resolution such a cadet program. A person participating in a municipal or township police cadet program shall not be permitted to carry or use any firearm in the performance of the person's duties, except that the person may be taught the proper use of firearms as part of the person's training.