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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.27 | Appointments From Eligible Lists - Probation.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
(A) Appointments to all positions in the classified civil service, that are not filled by promotion, transfer, or reduction, as provided in sections 124.01 to 124.64 of the Revised Code and the rules of the director prescribed under those sections, shall be made only from those persons whose names take rank order on an eligible list, and no employment, except as provided in those sections, shall be otherwise given in the classified civil service. The appointing authority shall appoint in the following manner: each time a selection is made, it shall be from one of the names that ranks in the top ten names on the eligible list or the top twenty-five per cent of the eligible list, whichever is greater. In the event that ten or fewer names are on the eligible list, the appointing authority may select any of the listed candidates. Each person who qualifies for the veteran's preference under section 124.23 of the Revised Code, who is a resident of this state, and whose name is on the eligible list for a position is entitled to preference in original appointment to any such competitive position in the classified civil service of the state over all other persons who are eligible for those appointments and who are standing on the relevant eligible list with a rating equal to that of the person qualifying for the veteran's preference.
(B) All original and promotional appointments in the classified civil service, including appointments made pursuant to section 124.30 of the Revised Code, but not intermittent appointments, shall be for a probationary period, not less than sixty days nor more than one year, to be fixed by the rules of the director for appointments in the civil service of the state, except as provided in section 124.231 of the Revised Code, and except for original appointments to a police department as a police officer or to a fire department as a firefighter which shall be for a probationary period of one year. No appointment or promotion is final until the appointee has satisfactorily served the probationary period. If the service of the probationary employee is unsatisfactory, the employee may be removed or reduced at any time during the probationary period. If the appointing authority decides to remove a probationary employee in the service of the state, the appointing authority shall communicate the removal to the director. A probationary employee duly removed or reduced in position for unsatisfactory service does not have the right to appeal the removal or reduction under section 124.34 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.271 | Provisional Employees.

Effective:
July 1, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 187 - 126th General Assembly
Any employee in the classified service of the state or any county, city, city health district, general health district, or city school district who is appointed to a position under section 124.30 of the Revised Code, and either demonstrates merit and fitness for the position by successfully completing the probationary period for the position or remains in the position for a period of six months of continuous service, whichever period is longer, shall become a permanent appointee in the classified service at the conclusion of that period.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.29 | Authority for Temporary Furloughs.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
(A) Notwithstanding any provision of sections 124.321 to 124.328 of the Revised Code to the contrary, if the operation of an appointing authority is dependent on funds from the federal government and those funds are not available or have not been received by the appointing authority, the director of administrative services may authorize an appointing authority to temporarily furlough an employee of the appointing authority.
(B) The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.30 | Filling Classified Positions in Civil Service Without Competition.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) Classified positions in the civil service may be filled without competition as follows:
(1) Whenever there are urgent reasons for filling a vacancy in any position in the classified civil service and the director of administrative services is unable to certify to the appointing authority, upon its request, a list of persons eligible for appointment to the position after a competitive examination, the appointing authority may fill the position by noncompetitive examination.
A temporary appointment may be made without regard to the rules of sections 124.01 to 124.64 of the Revised Code. Except as otherwise provided in this division, the temporary appointment may not continue longer than one hundred twenty days, and in no case shall successive temporary appointments be made. A temporary appointment longer than one hundred twenty days may be made if necessary by reason of sickness, disability, or other approved leave of absence of regular officers or employees, in which case it may continue during the period of sickness, disability, or other approved leave of absence, subject to the rules of the director.
(2) In case of a vacancy in a position in the classified civil service where peculiar and exceptional qualifications of a scientific, managerial, professional, or educational character are required, and upon satisfactory evidence that for specified reasons competition in this special case is impracticable and that the position can best be filled by a selection of some designated person of high and recognized attainments in those qualities, the director may suspend the provisions of sections 124.01 to 124.64 of the Revised Code that require competition in this special case, but no suspension shall be general in its application. All such cases of suspension shall be reported in the annual report of the director with the reasons for each suspension. The director shall suspend the provisions when either of the following applies:
(a) The director of job and family services provides the certification under section 5101.051 of the Revised Code that a position with the department of job and family services can best be filled if the provisions are suspended;
(b) The medicaid director provides the certification under section 5160.051 of the Revised Code that a position with the department of medicaid can best be filled if the provisions are suspended.
(3) The acceptance or refusal by an eligible person of a temporary appointment shall not affect the person's standing on the eligible list for permanent appointment, nor shall the period of temporary service be counted as a part of the probationary service in case of subsequent appointment to a permanent position.
(B) Persons who receive temporary or intermittent appointments are in the unclassified civil service and serve at the pleasure of their appointing authority.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.301 | Waive Residency for Job and Family Services Employee.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 470 - 123rd General Assembly
The director of administrative services shall waive any residency requirement for the civil service established by a rule adopted under division (A) of section 124.09 of the Revised Code if the director of job and family services provides the director certification under section 5101.051 of the Revised Code that a position with the department of job and family services can best be filled if the residency requirement is waived.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.31 | Promotions.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
Vacancies in positions in the classified civil service of the state shall be filled insofar as practicable by promotions. The director of administrative services shall provide in the director's rules for keeping a record of efficiency for each employee in the classified civil service of the state, and for making promotions in the classified civil service of the state on the basis of merit and by conduct and capacity in office.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.32 | Transfers - Reinstatements.

Effective:
September 15, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly
(A) A person holding an office or position in the classified service may be transferred to a similar position in another office, department, or institution having the same pay and similar duties, but no transfer shall be made as follows:
(1) From an office or position in one class to an office or position in another class;
(2) To an office or position for original entrance to which there is required by sections 124.01 to 124.64 of the Revised Code, or the rules adopted pursuant to those sections, an examination involving essential tests or qualifications or carrying a salary different from or higher than those required for original entrance to an office or position held by the person proposed to be transferred.
No person in the classified civil service of the state may be transferred without the consent of the director of administrative services.
(B) Any person holding an office or position in the classified service who has been separated from the service without delinquency or misconduct on the person's part may be reinstated within one year from the date of that separation to a vacancy in the same office or in a similar position in the same department, except that a person in the classified service of the state only may be reinstated with the consent of the director of administrative services. But, if that separation is due to injury or physical or psychiatric disability, the person shall be reinstated in the same office held or in a similar position to that held at the time of separation, within sixty days after written application for reinstatement, if the person passes a physical or psychiatric examination made by a licensed physician, a physician assistant, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse practitioner, or a certified nurse-midwife showing that the person has recovered from the injury or physical or psychiatric disability, if the application for reinstatement is filed within two years from the date of separation, and if the application is not filed after the date of service eligibility retirement. The physician, physician assistant, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse practitioner, or certified nurse-midwife shall be designated by the appointing authority and shall complete any written documentation of the physical or psychiatric examination.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.322 | Layoff Procedures.

Effective:
July 1, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 187 - 126th General Assembly
Whenever a reduction in the work force is necessary, the appointing authority of an agency shall decide in which classification or classifications the layoff or layoffs will occur and the number of employees to be laid off within each affected classification. The director of administrative services shall adopt rules, under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, establishing a method for determining layoff procedures and an order of layoff of, and the displacement and recall of, laid-off state and county employees.
The order of layoff in those rules shall be based in part on length of service and may include efficiency in service, appointment type, or similar other factors the director considers appropriate. If the director establishes relative efficiency as a criterion to be used in determining order of layoff for state and county employees, credit for efficiency may be other than ten per cent of total retention points.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.323 | Layoff Order.

Effective:
July 1, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 187 - 126th General Assembly
Employees shall be laid off in the order set forth in this section within the primary appointment categories of part-time probationary, part-time permanent, full-time probationary, and full-time permanent. Whenever a reduction in force is necessary within each of the primary appointment categories, first part-time probationary, then part-time permanent, then full-time probationary, and then full-time permanent employees shall be laid off.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.325 | Retention Points for Continuous Service and Efficiency.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
(A) Retention points to reflect the length of continuous service and efficiency in service for all employees affected by a layoff shall be verified by the director of administrative services for positions in the service of the state.
(B) An employee's length of continuous service will be carried from one layoff jurisdiction to another so long as no break in service occurs between transfers or appointments.
(C) If two or more employees have an identical number of retention points, employees having the shortest period of continuous service shall be laid off first.
(D)(1) As used in this division, "affected employee" means a city employee who becomes a county employee, or a county employee who becomes a city employee, as the result of any of the following:
(a) The merger of a city and a county office;
(b) The merger of city and county functions or duties;
(c) The transfer of functions or duties between a city and county.
(2) For purposes of this section, the new employer of any affected employee shall treat the employee's prior service with a former employer as if it had been served with the new employer.
(E) The director of administrative services shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to establish a system for the assignment of retention points for each employee in the service of the state in a classification affected by a layoff and for determining, in those instances where employees in the service of the state have identical retention points, which employee shall be laid off first.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.384 | Accumulated Sick Leave.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th 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 and workforce 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.
Last updated September 5, 2023 at 5:07 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.387 | Bereavement Leave.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "stillborn" has the same meaning as in section 124.136 of the Revised Code.
(B) 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 due to the death of a member of the employee's immediate family.
(C) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, an employee described in division (B) of this section may use bereavement leave under this section when the employee is the parent of a miscarried or stillborn child. An employee using bereavement leave based on a miscarriage shall provide appropriate medical documentation of the miscarriage. An employee using bereavement leave based on a stillbirth shall provide a copy of the fetal death certificate.
(D) The bereavement leave described in this section begins within one of the following time periods:
(1) Not more than five calendar days after the immediate family member's death;
(2) Not more than five days before or five days after the date of the immediate family member's funeral.
(E) An employee who takes bereavement leave granted under this section on the basis of a stillbirth is ineligible for parental leave or benefits under section 124.136 of the Revised Code based on the same stillbirth.
(F) Compensation for bereavement leave shall be equal to the employee's base rate of pay.
Last updated September 22, 2023 at 9:32 AM
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.411 | Police Department Appointment From Annexed Territory.

Effective:
March 2, 1992
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 228 - 119th General Assembly
Notwithstanding section 124.41 of the Revised Code, the appointing authority of a municipal corporation that has been incorporated pursuant to Chapter 707, of the Revised Code may grant an original appointment to a police department, as a policewoman or policeman, to a person who was employed on the date of incorporation as a full-time police officer of a township all or part of which was included in the corporation limits of the municipal corporation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.42 | Firefighter Qualifications.

Effective:
September 28, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 509 - 129th General Assembly
No person shall be eligible to receive an original appointment as a firefighter in a fire department, subject to the civil service laws of this state, unless the person has reached the age of eighteen and has, not more than one hundred twenty days prior to receiving 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 person meets the physical requirements necessary to perform the duties of a firefighter 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 said 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. No person shall be eligible to receive an original appointment on and after the person's forty-first birthday.
Notwithstanding this section, a municipal council may enact an ordinance providing that a person between the age of eighteen and forty may receive an original appointment to the fire department, or the board of trustees of a civil service township may do so by resolution. Nothing in this section shall prevent a municipal corporation or civil service township from establishing a fire cadet program and employing persons as fire cadets at age eighteen for the purpose of training persons to become firefighters. 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 fire cadet program shall not be permitted to carry or use any firearm in the performance of the person's duties.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.43 | Separate Examinations and Eligibility Lists for Police and Firemen.

Effective:
August 9, 1974
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 513 - 110th General Assembly
Separate examinations shall be given and separate eligibility lists maintained by municipal and civil service township civil service commissions for original appointments to and promotions in fire and police departments in cities and civil service townships. No person may be transferred from one list to the other. Appointments and promotions in the departments shall be only from the separate eligible lists maintained for each of the departments. Transfers of personnel from one department to the other are hereby prohibited.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.44 | Police Department Promotions.

Effective:
July 1, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 187 - 126th General Assembly
No positions above the rank of patrol officer in the police department shall be filled by original appointment. Vacancies in positions above the rank of patrol officer in a police department shall be filled by promotion from among persons holding positions in a rank lower than the position to be filled. No position above the rank of patrol officer in a police department shall be filled by any person unless the person has first passed a competitive promotional examination. Promotion shall be by successive ranks insofar as practicable, and no person in a police department shall be promoted to a position in a higher rank who has not served at least twelve months in the next lower rank. A municipal civil service commission may require a period of service of longer than twelve months for promotion to the rank immediately above the rank of patrol officer.
No competitive promotional examination shall be held unless there are at least two persons eligible to compete. Whenever a municipal or civil service township civil service commission determines that there are less than two persons holding positions in the rank next lower than the position to be filled, who are eligible and willing to compete, the commission shall allow the persons holding positions in the then next lower rank who are eligible, to compete with the persons holding positions in the rank lower than the position to be filled.
An increase in the salary or other compensation of anyone holding a position in a police department, beyond that fixed for the rank in which that position is classified, shall be deemed a promotion, except as provided in section 124.491 of the Revised Code.
If a vacancy occurs in a position above the rank of patrol officer in a police department, and there is no eligible list for such rank, the municipal or civil service township civil service commission shall, within sixty days of that vacancy, hold a competitive promotional examination. After the examination has been held and an eligible list established, the commission shall forthwith certify to the appointing officer the name of the person on the list receiving the highest rating. Upon the certification, the appointing officer shall appoint the person so certified within thirty days from the date of the certification. If there is a list, the commission shall, when there is a vacancy, immediately certify the name of the person on the list having the highest rating, and the appointing authority shall appoint that person within thirty days from the date of the certification.
No credit for seniority, efficiency, or any other reason shall be added to an applicant's examination grade unless the applicant achieves at least the minimum passing grade on the examination without counting that extra credit.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.46 | Fire Department Eligibility Lists.

Effective:
July 1, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 187 - 126th General Assembly
The names of the examinees who have passed the examination shall be placed on the eligible list in accordance with their grades. The examinee receiving the highest grade shall be placed first on the list. If two or more examinees receive the same grade, seniority in the fire department service shall determine the order of their names. The person having the highest position on the list shall be appointed in the case of a vacancy. Eligible lists established as provided in this section shall continue for two years. If a vacancy occurs prior to the expiration of the two-year period, the list shall continue for the purpose of filling the vacancy until the vacancy has been filled.
If an eligible list exists and a vacancy occurs that may be filled from that list, the vacancy shall be filled within a period of not more than ten days from the date of the vacancy.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.47 | Fire Department Special Positions.

Effective:
August 9, 1974
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 513 - 110th General Assembly
Within any rank, the municipal council or board of trustees of a civil service township may establish such special positions having special duties with preferential pay as the council or board deems necessary, but the holding of any such special positions shall not establish eligibility to the next higher rank to the exclusion of other persons in the same rank who do not hold such special positions. No special position established by council or the board within a rank in a fire department shall be filled without promotional examination in the same manner as promotions from rank to rank.