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Ohio Rev Code § 4115.133 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4115 | Wages and Hours on Public Works|Section 4115.133 | Filing List of Convicted Contractors, Subcontractors, and Officers of Contractors and Subcontractors.

Effective: July 1, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) The director of commerce shall file with the secretary of state a list of contractors, subcontractors, and officers of contractors and subcontractors who have been prosecuted and convicted for violations of or have been found to have intentionally violated sections 4115.03 to 4115.16 of the Revised Code. The director shall not include on the list a contractor, subcontractor, or officer of a contractor or subcontractor until the expiration of any applicable appeal period relative to the finding, or if appealed, until the date of the final judgment of a court.(B) Each contractor, subcontractor, or officer of a contractor or subcontractor who has been prosecuted and convicted for violations of or is found to have intentionally violated sections 4115.03 to 4115.16 of the Revised Code is prohibited from contracting directly or indirectly with any public authority for the construction of a public improvement or from performing any work on the same as a contractor, subcontractor, or officer of a contractor or subcontractor for a period of one year from the date of the expiration of the applicable period for filing an appeal, or if appealed, from the date of the final judgment of a court. If the contractor, subcontractor, or officer of a contractor or subcontractor is found to have intentionally violated sections 4115.03 to 4115.16 of the Revised Code another time within five years after the date specified under division (B) of this section, the contractor, subcontractor, or officer of a contractor or subcontractor is prohibited from so contracting or performing work for a period of three years from the date of the expiration of the applicable period for filing an appeal, or if appealed, from the date of the final judgment of a court.(C) No public authority shall award a contract for a public improvement to any contractor, subcontractor, or officer of a contractor or subcontractor during the time that the contractor's, subcontractor's, or officer's name appears on such list. The filing of the notice of conviction or of the finding with the secretary of state constitutes notice to all public authorities.
Ohio Rev Code § 4115.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4115 | Wages and Hours on Public Works|Section 4115.14 | Written Notice of Noncompliance.

Effective: July 1, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly|If it is found that a person, public authority, or prevailing wage coordinator has not complied with sections 4115.03 to 4115.16 of the Revised Code, the director of commerce shall give notice thereof in writing to such person or public authority pursuant to section 4115.15 of the Revised Code. Sufficient time shall be allowed for compliance therewith as the director deems necessary not to exceed thirty days from the date of notice.At the expiration of the time prescribed in such notice, the director shall in writing inform the attorney general of the fact that such notice has been given and that the person, public authority, or prevailing wage coordinator to whom it was directed has not complied with such notice. On receipt thereof, the attorney general shall bring suit in the name of the state in the court of common pleas of the county in which such person, public authority, or prevailing wage coordinator is located to enjoin the awarding of such contract for a public improvement or if the contract has already been awarded to enjoin further work under the contract until the requirements of such notice are complied with.The court may issue a temporary restraining order without notice to the defendant in such action. Upon final hearing thereof, if the court is satisfied that the requirements of the notice by the director to the defendant was not unreasonable or arbitrary, it shall issue an order enjoining the defendant from awarding such contract for a public improvement or continuing work under the contract until the notice is complied with.Such injunctions shall continue operative until the court is satisfied that the requirements of such notice have been complied with and the court shall have and exercise with respect to the enforcement of such injunctions all the power invested in it in other similar cases.Both the plaintiff and defendant in such action have the same rights of appeal as are provided by law in other injunction cases.
Ohio Rev Code § 4115.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4115 | Wages and Hours on Public Works|Section 4115.15 | Notice to Halt Work.

Effective: July 1, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly|Where an investigation by the director of commerce reveals that a contractor or subcontractor has failed to pay the prevailing rate of wages, the contracting public authority or the director may, upon written notice to the contractor or subcontractor and the sureties of the contractor or subcontractor, and after hearing held pursuant to section 4115.13 of the Revised Code, order work halted on the part of the contract for which less than the prevailing rate of wages has been paid, until the defaulting contractor has filed with the director a bond in an amount of such penal sum as the director shall set, conditioned upon payment of the prevailing rate of wages.
Ohio Rev Code § 4115.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4115 | Wages and Hours on Public Works|Section 4115.21 | Time for Filing Complaint.

Effective: September 26, 2003|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly|A person who files a complaint with the director of commerce alleging a violation of sections 4115.03 to 4115.16 of the Revised Code shall file the complaint within two years after the completion of the public improvement upon which the violation is alleged to have occurred or be barred from further administrative action under this chapter.
Ohio Rev Code § 4115.31 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4115 | Wages and Hours on Public Works|Section 4115.31 | Products and Services of Persons With Severe Disabilities Definitions.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|As used in sections 4115.31 to 4115.35 of the Revised Code:(A) "Person with a severe disability" means an individual or class of individuals with a physical disability, including visual impairment, or mental disability, according to criteria established by the state committee for the purchase of products and services provided by persons with severe disabilities.(B) "Qualified nonprofit agency for persons with severe disabilities" means an agency:(1) Organized under the laws of the United States or this state, operated in the interest of persons with severe disabilities, and no part of the net income of which inures to the benefit of any shareholder or other individual;(2) Which is certified as a sheltered workshop, where applicable, by the wage and hour division of the United States department of labor;(3) Which complies with the applicable occupational health and safety standards required by the laws of the United States or of this state;(4) Which in the manufacture of products and in the provision of services, whether or not procured under sections 4115.31 to 4115.35 of the Revised Code, employs, during the fiscal year of commodity production or service provision, persons with severe disabilities at a quota not less than seventy-five per cent of the total man hours of direct labor on all production, whether or not government-related.(C) "Direct labor" includes all work required for preparation, processing, and packing, but not supervision, administration, inspection, and shipping.(D) "Political subdivision" means a county, township, village, school district, or special purpose district.(E) "Instrumentality of the state" means any board, commission, authority, public corporation, college, university, or other educational institution, or any other entity supported in whole or in part by funds appropriated by the general assembly.(F) "Central nonprofit agency" means an agency approved under section 4115.35 of the Revised Code by qualified nonprofit agencies for persons with severe disabilities and the state committee for the purchase of products and services provided by persons with severe disabilities to facilitate the distribution of orders among qualified nonprofit agencies.(G) "Fair market price" means the price verified under section 4115.33 of the Revised Code by the state committee for the purchase of products and services provided by persons with severe disabilities for all products and site-specific services on the procurement list published under that section.(H) "Procurement list" means the list of products and site-specific services that state agencies, political subdivisions, and instrumentalities of the state shall procure under sections 4115.31 to 4115.35 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4115.34 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4115 | Wages and Hours on Public Works|Section 4115.34 | Procurement Lists.

Effective: June 30, 2005|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly|(A) Except as provided in section 4115.36 of the Revised Code, if any state agency, political subdivision, or instrumentality of the state intends to procure any product or service, it shall determine whether the product or service is on the procurement list published pursuant to section 4115.33 of the Revised Code; and it shall, in accordance with rules of the state committee for the purchase of products and services provided by persons with severe disabilities, procure such product or service at the fair market price established by the committee from a qualified nonprofit agency for persons with severe disabilities, if the product or service is on the procurement list and is available within the period required by that agency, subdivision, or instrumentality, notwithstanding any law requiring the purchase of products and services on a competitive bid basis. Sections 4115.31 to 4115.35 of the Revised Code do not apply if the products or services are available for procurement from any state agency, political subdivision, or instrumentality of the state and procurement from such agency, subdivision, or instrumentality is required under any law in effect on August 13, 1976.(B) The committee and any state agency, political subdivision, or instrumentality of the state may enter into contractual agreements, cooperative working relationships, or other arrangements determined necessary for effective coordination and efficient realization of the objectives of sections 4115.31 to 4115.35 of the Revised Code and any other law requiring procurement of products or services from any state agency, political subdivision, or instrumentality of the state.(C) Notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code, or any appropriations act, that may require a state agency, political subdivision, or instrumentality of the state to purchase supplies, services, or materials by means of a competitive bid procedure, state agencies, political subdivisions, or instrumentalities of the state need not utilize the required bidding procedures if the supplies, services, or materials are to be purchased from a qualified nonprofit agency pursuant to sections 4115.31 to 4115.35 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4115.35 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4115 | Wages and Hours on Public Works|Section 4115.35 | Approval and Audits of Central Nonprofit Agencies.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|(A) Qualified nonprofit agencies for persons with severe disabilities and the state committee for the purchase of products and services provided by persons with severe disabilities shall approve, through a mutually developed process, and pursuant to rules the committee adopts in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, one or more central nonprofit agencies to carry out the intent of sections 4115.31 to 4115.35 of the Revised Code. Each approved central nonprofit agency shall operate in accordance with rules adopted by the committee under division (A)(6) of section 4115.33 of the Revised Code and develop an approved catalogue of products and services that can be supplied by the qualified nonprofit agencies to be purchased by state agencies, political subdivisions, or instrumentalities of the state.(B) The auditor of state shall audit each central nonprofit agency approved under division (A) of this section at least annually.
Ohio Rev Code § 4115.36 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4115 | Wages and Hours on Public Works|Section 4115.36 | Sunset Provision for Rc Sections 4115.31 to 4115.35.

Effective: June 30, 2005|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly|Sections 4115.31 to 4115.35 of the Revised Code have no effect after the director of administrative services abolishes the state committee for the purchase of products and services provided by persons with severe disabilities. Upon abolishment of the committee, sections 125.60 to 125.6012 of the Revised Code shall govern the procurement of products and services provided by persons with work-limiting disabilities from qualified nonprofit agencies.
Ohio Rev Code § 4115.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4115 | Wages and Hours on Public Works|Section 4115.99 | Penalty.

Effective: August 25, 1976|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1304 - 111th General Assembly|(A) Whoever violates section 4115.08 or 4115.09 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than five hundred dollars.(B) Whoever violates division (C) of section 4115.071, section 4115.10, or 4115.11 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree for a first offense; for each subsequent offense such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
Ohio Rev Code § 4116.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4116 | Unlawful Labor Requirements in Public Improvement Contracts|Section 4116.02 | Labor Requirements Not to Be Imposed on Contractor or Subcontractor.

Effective: October 11, 1999|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 101 - 123rd General Assembly|A public authority, when engaged in procuring products or services, awarding contracts, or overseeing procurement or construction for public improvements, shall ensure that bid specifications issued by the public authority for the proposed public improvement, and any subsequent contract or other agreement for the public improvement to which the public authority and a contractor or subcontractor are direct parties, do not require a contractor or subcontractor to do any of the following:(A) Enter into agreements with any labor organization on the public improvement;(B) Enter into any agreement that requires the employees of that contractor or subcontractor to do either of the following as a condition of employment or continued employment:(1) Become members of or affiliated with a labor organization;(2) Pay dues or fees to a labor organization.
Ohio Rev Code § 4116.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4116 | Unlawful Labor Requirements in Public Improvement Contracts|Section 4116.03 | Public Authority - Prohibited Acts.

Effective: October 11, 1999|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 101 - 123rd General Assembly|No public authority shall do any of the following:(A) Award a contract for a public improvement in violation of section 4116.02 of the Revised Code;(B) Discriminate against any bidder, contractor, or subcontractor for refusing to become a party to any agreement with any labor organization on the public improvement that currently is under bid or on projects related to that improvement;(C) Otherwise violate section 4116.02 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4116.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4116 | Unlawful Labor Requirements in Public Improvement Contracts|Section 4116.04 | Complaints - Attorney Fees.

Effective: October 11, 1999|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 101 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) An interested party may file a complaint against a contracting public authority alleging a violation of section 4116.02 or 4116.03 of the Revised Code within two years after the date on which the contract is signed for the public improvement in the court of common pleas of the county in which the public improvement is performed. The performance of the contract forms the basis of the allegation of a violation. The court in which the complaint is filed shall hear and decide the case and, upon a finding that a violation has occurred, shall void the contract and make any orders that will prevent further violations.The Rules of Civil Procedure govern all actions under this section. Any determination of a court under this section is subject to appellate review.(B) If, pursuant to this section, a court finds a violation of section 4116.02 or 4116.03 of the Revised Code, the court may award reasonable attorney's fees, court costs, and any other fees incurred in the course of the civil action to the prevailing plaintiff.
Ohio Rev Code § 4117.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4117 | Public Employees' Collective Bargaining|Section 4117.03 | Rights of Public Employees.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  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 § 4117.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4117 | Public Employees' Collective Bargaining|Section 4117.04 | Public Employers Exclusive Representative.

Effective: September 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 117 - 121st General Assembly|(A) Public employers shall extend to an exclusive representative designated under section 4117.05 of the Revised Code, the right to represent exclusively the employees in the appropriate bargaining unit and the right to unchallenged and exclusive representation for a period of not less than twelve months following the date of certification and thereafter, if the public employer and the employee organization enter into an agreement, for a period of not more than three years from the date of signing the agreement. For the purposes of this section, extensions of agreements shall not be construed to affect the expiration date of the original agreement.(B) A public employer shall bargain collectively with an exclusive representative designated under section 4117.05 of the Revised Code for purposes of Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code.When the state employment relations board notifies a public employer that it has certified an employee organization as exclusive representative for a unit of its employees, the public employer shall designate an employer representative and promptly notify the board and the employee organization of his identity and address. On certification, the employee organization shall designate an employee representative and promptly notify the board and the public employer of his identity and address. The board or any party shall address to the appropriate designated representative all communications concerned with collective relationships under Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code. In the case of municipal corporations, counties, school districts, educational service centers, villages, and townships, the designation of the employer representative is as provided in division (C) of section 4117.10 of the Revised Code. The designated representative of a party may sign agreements resulting from collective bargaining on behalf of his designator; but the agreements are subject to the procedures set forth in Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code.