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...(A) The administrator of workers' compensation shall have the same powers and duties of administration, collection, maintenance, investment, and disbursement of the marine industry fund as are delegated and imposed upon him pursuant to Chapters 4121. and 4123. of the Revised Code, except that the powers and duties of the administrator shall be limited to, and exercised pursuant to those specifically authorized in se...

...he fund, the board may: (1) Enter into contracts for the purchase of reinsurance coverage of the risks of the fund with any company or agency authorized by law to issue contracts of reinsurance; (2) Require the administrator to pay the cost of reinsurance from the fund; (3) Include the costs of reinsurance as a liability and estimated liability of the fund. (E) For the purpose of maintaining the solvency of t...

...(A) For the purpose of sections 4131.11 to 4131.16 of the Revised Code, each subscriber shall pay premiums upon the basis and at the intervals determined by the administrator of workers' compensation, with the advice and consent of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors. (B) The administrator shall fix and maintain for each class of occupation and type of business the lowest possible rates of pre...

...(A) Upon receipt of an order of compensation issued pursuant to a claim for benefits under the federal act, the bureau of workers' compensation shall disburse from the marine industry fund the amounts to the persons as said order directs with respect to any claims insured by the marine industry fund. (B) The bureau shall disburse from the marine industry fund amounts necessary to pay the costs of any additional requ...

...(A) The collection of premiums, the administration and investment of the marine industry fund, and the payment of benefits therefrom shall not create any liability upon the state. (B) Except for a gross abuse of discretion, the industrial commission and the individual members thereof, the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors and the individual members thereof, and the administrator of workers' com...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Alternate employer organization" means a sole proprietor, partnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation that enters into an agreement with one or more client employers for purposes of providing human resource management services and sharing employer responsibility and liability. (B) "Alternate employer organization agreement" means a written contract between a c...

...The administrator of workers' compensation shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to administer and enforce this chapter, including rules to administer and enforce division (E) of section 4133.03 of the Revised Code. The administrator may adopt rules for the acceptance of electronic filings in accordance with Chapter 1306. of the Revised Code for applications, documents, reports, and ...

...(A) The alternate employer organization with whom a worksite employee is employed shall do all of the following: (1) Process and pay all wages and applicable state and federal payroll taxes associated with the worksite employee, irrespective of payments made by the client employer, pursuant to the terms and conditions of compensation in the alternate employer organization agreement between the alternate employer or...

...(A) When a client employer enters into an alternate employer organization agreement with an alternate employer organization, the alternate employer organization is the employer of record and the succeeding employer for the purposes of determining a workers' compensation experience rating pursuant to Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code. (B) Pursuant to Section 35 of Article II, Ohio Constitution, and section 4123.74 o...

...A worksite employee under an alternate employer organization agreement shall not, solely as a result of being a worksite employee, be considered an employee of the alternate employer organization for purposes of general liability insurance, fidelity bonds, surety bonds, employer liability not otherwise covered by Chapters 4121. and 4123. of the Revised Code, or liquor liability insurance carried by the alternate empl...

...(A) For purposes of determining tax credits and other economic incentives that are provided by this state or any political subdivision and based on employment, worksite employees under an alternate employer organization agreement shall be considered employees solely of the client employer. (1) A client employer shall be entitled to the benefit of any tax credit, economic incentive, or similar benefit arising as the...

...(A) Not later than thirty days after its formation, an alternate employer organization operating in this state shall register with the administrator of workers' compensation on forms provided by the administrator. Following initial registration, each alternate employer organization shall register with the administrator annually on or before the thirty-first day of December. (B) Initial registration and each annual ...

...(A) An alternate employer organization shall maintain positive working capital at initial or annual registration, as reflected in the financial statements submitted to the bureau of workers' compensation. If a deficit in working capital is reflected in the financial statements submitted to the bureau, the alternate employer organization shall submit to the administrator of workers' compensation a quarterly financial ...

...(A) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the administrator of the bureau of workers' compensation may deny registration or revoke the registration of an alternate employer organization and rescind its status as an employer upon a finding that the alternate employer organization has done any of the following: (1) Obtained or attempted to obtain registration through misrepresentation, misstatement of ...

...(A) As used in this section, "self-insuring employer" has the same meaning as in section 4123.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Not later than thirty calendar days after the date on which an alternate employer organization agreement is terminated, the alternate employer organization is adjudged bankrupt, the alternate employer organization ceases operations within the state of Ohio, or the registration of the alternate e...

...Nothing in this chapter exempts an alternate employer organization, client employer, or worksite employee from any applicable federal, state, or local licensing, registration, or certification statutes or regulations. An individual required to obtain and maintain a license, registration, or certification under law and who is a worksite employee of an alternate employer organization and a client employer is an employe...

...r worksite employee under the "National Labor Relations Act," 49 Stat. 449, 29 U.S.C. 151 et seq., the "Railway Labor Act," 44 Stat. 577, 45 U.S.C. 151, or any other applicable federal or state law.

...Nothing contained in this chapter or in any alternate employer organization agreement shall do any of the following: (A) Diminish, abolish, or remove the rights and obligations of client employers and worksite employees existing prior to the effective date of the alternate employer organization agreement; (B) Affect, modify, or amend any contractual relationship or restrictive covenant between a worksite employee...

...For purposes of a bid, contract, purchase order, or agreement entered into with the state or any political subdivision, a client employer's status or certification as a small, minority-owned, disadvantaged, or women-owned business enterprise or as a historically underutilized business shall not be affected as a result of the client employer entering into an alternate employer organization agreement or using the servi...

...Whoever recklessly violates division (A) of section 4133.07 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Whoever knowingly violates division (A) of section 4133.07 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Apprentice" means a person at least sixteen years of age, except when a higher minimum age standard is otherwise fixed by law, who is in a registered apprenticeship program to learn a skilled occupation, pursuant to a registered apprenticeship agreement. (B) "Apprenticeship agreement" means a written agreement, registered with the apprenticeship council, providing for not less t...

...There is hereby established in the department of job and family services an apprenticeship council consisting of nine members and selected by the director of job and family services as follows: three of the appointees to such council shall be individuals who, by reason of their previous vocation, employment, or affiliations, can be classified as representatives of employees; three of the appointees to such council s...

...The apprenticeship council may recommend minimum standards for apprenticeship programs and may formulate policies and recommend rules as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this chapter. The council shall determine the date and place of its meetings and shall prescribe its own rules of procedure.

...The director of job and family services shall appoint the executive secretary of the council office, which appointment shall be subject to confirmation by a majority vote of the apprenticeship council. The director shall appoint such additional personnel as may be necessary, subject to Chapter 124. of the Revised Code.

...The executive secretary of the council office has the following duties: (A) Encourage the voluntary participation of employers and employees in the furtherance of the objective of this chapter; (B) Register any apprenticeship programs and agreements that meet the minimum standards established by federal regulations and state rules governing the registered apprenticeship system; (C) Terminate or cancel in cons...