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... the director or other employees of the department of job and family services or, a county family services agency, workforce development agency, or the commission, as required by the person's duties, or to other persons as authorized by the director under section 4141.43 of the Revised Code. Whoever violates this section shall be disqualified from holding any appointment or employment by the director, a county fam...

... under this chapter, the director shall file notice of such lien, for which there shall be no charge, in the office of the county recorder of the county in which it is ascertained that such employer owns real estate or personal property. The director shall notify the employer by mail of the lien. The absence of proof that the notice was sent does not affect the validity of the lien. Such lien shall not be valid...

...termines that an employer is liable for unemployment compensation contributions or payments in lieu of contributions, interest, forfeitures, or fines totaling an amount that exceeds one thousand dollars which remain due and unpaid for thirty days or more and no part of the amount due is the subject of an appeal under this chapter, the director may certify this determination to the director of budget and management. I...

...all become final unless appealed to the unemployment compensation review commission in the manner provided in section 4141.26 of the Revised Code. For the purposes of this division, an exception is considered timely filed when it has been received as provided in division (D)(1) of section 4141.281 of the Revised Code. (E) The director shall terminate and close the account of any contributory employer who has been ...

...described in this division and until it files with the director a written notice terminating its election. The notice shall be filed not later than thirty days prior to the beginning of the calendar year for which the termination is to become effective. (4) Any nonprofit organization which has been paying contributions for a period subsequent to January 1, 1972, may change to a reimbursable basis by filing with th...

...g public entities or Indian tribes may file a joint application to the director of job and family services for the establishment of a group account, for the purpose of sharing the cost of benefits attributable to service with the public entities or Indian tribes, under the conditions provided for nonprofit organizations under division (D) of section 4141.241 of the Revised Code. (F) Two or more public entities ...

... treasurer of state shall accrue to the department of job and family services automation administration fund, which is hereby established in the state treasury. Moneys within the automation administration fund shall be used to meet the costs related to automation of the department and the administrative costs related to collecting and accounting for unemployment compensation benefit reserve fund revenue. Any funds re...

...Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1321, from the unemployment compensation interest contingency fund created in this section, the director shall require each contributory employer to pay a surcharge in accordance with this section. (B) If division (A) of this section applies, the director shall determine the amount of a surcharge to assess against each contributory employer that generates an amount not greater in the aggrega...

...on for review of such decision with the unemployment compensation review commission. The commission shall promptly examine the application for review of the director's decision and shall grant such employer an opportunity for a fair hearing. The proceeding at the hearing before the commission shall be recorded in the means and manner prescribed by the commission. For the purposes of this division, the review is consi...

...r or demurrer to such petition shall be filed within ten days, the reply or demurrer to the answer within twenty days, and the demurrer to the reply within thirty days after the return day of the summons or service by publication. All motions and demurrers shall be submitted to the court within ten days after they are filed. As soon as the issues are made up in any such case, it shall be placed at the head of the tr...

...f accepting applications and claims for unemployment benefits or with an employee of the unemployment insurance commission of Canada. When an unemployed individual files an application for determination of benefit rights, the director shall furnish the individual with an explanation of the individual's appeal rights. The explanation shall describe clearly the different levels of appeal and explain where and when e...

...rmination or transfer the appeal to the unemployment compensation review commission. A redetermination under this section is appealable in the same manner as an initial determination by the director. (C) REVIEW COMMISSION (1) JURISDICTION The commission shall provide an opportunity for a fair hearing to the interested parties of appeals over which the commission has jurisdiction. The commission has jurisdiction...

...he court of common pleas. (B) WHERE TO FILE THE APPEAL An appellant shall file the appeal with the court of common pleas of the county where the appellant, if an employee, is a resident or was last employed or, if an employer, is a resident or has a principal place of business in this state. If an appellant is not a resident of or last employed in a county in this state or does not have a principal place of busines...

...ve calendar days after their claims are filed, shall schedule a hearing concerning the reason for unemployment. Notice of the hearing shall be sent to all interested parties, including the duly authorized representative of the parties. The hearing date shall be scheduled so as to provide at least ten days' prior notice of the time and date of the hearing. A similar hearing, in such cases, may be scheduled when there ...

... agency" means the work unit within the department of job and family services, or the state agency of another state, designated as the single state agency for the administration of the program of child support enforcement pursuant to part D of Title IV of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351, 42 U.S.C. 651, as amended. (3) "Local child support enforcement agency" means a child support enforcement agency or any o...

...or benefits is directly attributable to unemployment caused by a major disaster, as declared by the president of the United States pursuant to the "Disaster Relief Act of 1970," 84 Stat. 1745, 42 U.S.C.A. 4402, and the individual filing the claim would otherwise have been eligible for disaster unemployment assistance under that act, then upon application by the employer, any benefits paid on the claim shall not be ch...

...e new hires directory maintained by the department of job and family services under section 3121.894 of the Revised Code for a new hire report applicable to the claimant; (B) Check the information in the national directory of new hires that is made available to the director under section 453 of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 653, for the purpose of administering this chapter; (C) Check the integrity data hu...

...into a data matching agreement with the department of rehabilitation and correction. The agreement shall require the director of rehabilitation and correction to provide the director of job and family services with a searchable list, updated weekly, identifying all persons committed to the several institutions governed by the department of rehabilitation and correction. In addition to other information available, t...

...The director of job and family services shall enter into a data matching agreement with the director of health under which the director of health shall allow the director of job and family services to match death records maintained in accordance with section 3705.02 of the Revised Code. The director of job and family services shall check the death records when determining whether an application for determination of...

...its in accordance with the rules of the department of job and family services, provided such claim is allowed by the director. (D) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, no individual may serve a waiting period or be paid benefits under the following conditions: (1) For any week with respect to which the director finds that: (a) The individual's unemployment was due to a labor dispute other than a lockou...

...loyment subject to this chapter, or the unemployment compensation act of another state, or of the United States, where the individual obtains such employment while still employed or commences such employment within seven calendar days after the last day of employment with the prior employer, and subsequent to the last day of the employment with the prior employer, works three weeks in the new employment and earns wag...

...n individual suffering total or partial unemployment directly attributable to a major disaster declared by the president of the United States pursuant to the "Disaster Relief Act of 1974," 88 Stat. 143, 42 U.S.C. 5121, who is not eligible to be paid unemployment compensation benefits under this chapter or any other state or federal unemployment compensation law for the first week of the individual's unemployment caus...

...ed training opportunity to an eligible unemployment compensation claimant with a designated worksite training provider. (B) Participation in a learn to earn program is voluntary. (C) If a learn to earn program participant is otherwise eligible for unemployment compensation benefits, the participant shall continue to receive unemployment compensation benefits pursuant to this chapter during participation in th...

...pect to applications for benefit rights filed during the fifty-two consecutive calendar weeks beginning with such Sunday date. The director shall calculate the statewide average weekly wage based on the average weekly earnings of all workers in employment subject to this chapter during the preceding twelve-month period ending the thirtieth day of June. The calculation shall be made in the following manner: (a) Th...

...ct as interpreted by the United States department of labor; and (2) To secure to this state the full reimbursement of the federal share of extended benefits paid under this section that are reimbursable under the federal act.

...If the director of job and family services establishes a direct deposit system under which an individual may agree to benefits being disbursed through electronic transfer to an account in a financial institution designated by the individual, the director shall make disbursements only to a financial institution that has a physical location in this state that the individual can access for the purpose of resolving dispu...

...n individual has received or is seeking unemployment benefits under an unemployment compensation law of any other state or of the United States, provided the disqualifications shall not apply if the appropriate agency of such other state or of the United States finally determines that an individual is not entitled to such unemployment benefits. A law of the United States providing any payment of any type and in any a...

...(A) Except as otherwise specified in division (B) of this section, the amount of benefits payable to a claimant for any week with respect to which the claimant is receiving a governmental or other pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity or any other similar periodic payment which is based on the previous work of the individual, shall be reduced by an amount equal to the amount of the pension, retirement or...

...Except as permitted by Chapter 4141. of the Revised Code: (A) No agreement by an employee to waive his right to benefits is valid, nor shall benefits be assigned, released, or commuted; and (B) Such benefits are exempt from all claims of creditors and from levy, execution, garnishment, attachment, and all other process or remedy for recovery or collection of a debt, which exemption may not be waived.

...ocedures specified by the United States department of labor and the internal revenue service that pertain to the deducting and withholding of income tax. The director shall adopt rules establishing priorities for the deduction and withholding of federal income tax amounts under division (B) of this section. (D) Federal income tax deducted and withheld pursuant to division (B) of this section shall remain in the une...

... employment in a seasonal industry may file with the director a written application for classification of such employment as seasonal. Whenever in any industry it is customary to operate because of climatic conditions or because of the seasonal nature of such industry only during regularly recurring periods of forty weeks or less duration, benefits shall be payable only during the longest seasonal periods whic...

...services. The director shall review all complaints received through this process in a timely manner.

...his section shall be deposited into the unemployment compensation fund created under section 4141.09 of the Revised Code and shall be credited to the mutualized account, as provided in division (B)(2)(g) of section 4141.25 of the Revised Code. The remainder of each penalty collected shall be deposited into the unemployment compensation special administrative fund created under section 4141.11 of the Revised Code. (...

...nts for the purpose of securing private unemployment benefits in addition to the benefits provided by sections 4141.01 to 4141.46, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or the validity of private arrangements or plans under which employers make payments for such purpose. Private unemployment benefits paid under such arrangements or plans are not compensation for personal services under sections 4141.01 to 4141.46, inclusiv...

...Each member of a firm and the president, secretary, general manager, and managing agent of every corporation subject to sections 4141.01 to 4141.46, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall cause such firm or corporation to comply with such sections.

... or the payment of contributions to the unemployment compensation fund. Any fine collected for a violation of this section shall be paid to the director of job and family services and placed in such fund. Each day's failure on the part of such person, member of a firm, or officer of a corporation to comply with such sections, after notice to such person, firm, or corporation from the director, constitutes a separat...

...(A) Any interested party may enjoin the further operation of an employer who has failed to pay the contributions or to make payments in lieu of contributions as required under this chapter. The procedure to obtain an injunction is governed by Chapter 2727. of the Revised Code and the right to such relief is in addition to the rights described in section 2727.02 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) No construction contractor ...

...No employer, employee, or other person shall violate this chapter, or do any act prohibited by such chapter, or fail to perform any duty lawfully enjoined, within the time prescribed by the director of job and family services, for which no penalty has been specifically provided, or fail to obey any lawful order given or made by the director or any judgment or decree made by any court in connection with such sections....

... of the state that such officers of the department as designated by the director have authority to collect the unemployment contributions shall be conclusive evidence of such authority. No person residing in this state shall willfully make a false statement or representation or knowingly fail to disclose a material fact to obtain or increase benefits or payments under the unemployment insurance law of any other stat...

... charged with the administration of the unemployment compensation law of any other state or the United States or Canada for the purpose of determining and placing the liability of an employer for the payment of contributions for services rendered within this state or such other jurisdiction, or both, and to provide that the jurisdiction authorized to collect the contributions shall determine the benefit rights which ...

... shall cooperate with the United States department of labor to the fullest extent consistent with this chapter, and shall take such action, through the adoption of appropriate rules, regulations, and administrative methods and standards, as may be necessary to secure to this state and its citizens all advantages available under the provisions of the "Social Security Act" that relate to unemployment compensation, the ...

...ch rules do not require approval of the unemployment compensation review commission under section 4141.14 of the Revised Code.

...oyment insurance initiatives within the department of job and family services and to release employment and wage information to state departments, other governmental agencies, service providers, accredited colleges and universities, nonprofit research organizations, and other organizations for use in providing or improving the provisions of employment and training services and for income verification, pursuant to sec...

...All the rights, privileges, or immunities conferred by sections 4141.01 to 4141.46, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or by acts done pursuant thereto, shall exist subject to the power of the general assembly to amend or repeal such sections at any time.

...Sections 4141.01 to 4141.46, inclusive, of the Revised Code shall be liberally construed.

...pon receipt of a certification from the department of education and workforce regarding a refund to a board of education pursuant to section 3317.06 of the Revised Code, the director shall issue a refund in the amount certified to the board from the auxiliary services personnel unemployment compensation fund.

...(A) No person shall acquire the trade or business of an employer, or a portion thereof, solely or primarily for the purpose of obtaining a lower rate of contributions under sections 4141.09, 4141.23, 4141.24, 4141.241, 4141.242, 4141.25, 4141.26, and 4141.27 of the Revised Code. (B) In determining whether the trade or business was acquired solely or primarily for the purpose of obtaining a lower rate of contribution...

...There is hereby created the "SharedWork Ohio" program, under which an employer who participates in the program reduces the number of hours worked by the employees of the employer in lieu of layoffs. The director may adopt rules as the director determines necessary to implement any guidance issued by the United States secretary of labor with respect to the SharedWork Ohio program.

...wishes to participate in the SharedWork Ohio program shall submit a plan to the director of job and family services in which the employer does all of the following: (1) Identifies the participating employees by name, social security number, affected unit, and normal weekly hours of work; (2) Describes the manner in which the employer will implement the requirements of the SharedWork Ohio program, including the pr...

...(A) A shared work plan approved under section 4141.51 of the Revised Code takes effect with respect to the week following the date the director of job and family services approves the plan. An approved shared work plan expires at the end of the fifty-second calendar week after approval of the plan. (B) A participating employer who wishes to modify an existing approved shared work plan shall submit the modified...

...employee's participating employer first files a claim on behalf of the participating employee pursuant to division (B) of section 4141.54 of the Revised Code.

...work compensation under the SharedWork Ohio program. (B) The director of job and family services shall establish a schedule of consecutive two-week periods within the effective period of each approved shared work plan for the filing of shared work compensation claims. At the end of each scheduled period, the participating employer, in accordance with procedures prescribed by the director, shall file claims on...

... compensation paid under the SharedWork Ohio program from the federal government pursuant to the federal "Layoff Prevention Act of 2012," Pub. L. No. 112-96, 126 Stat. 156, or any other federal law, notwithstanding section 4141.24 of the Revised Code and if permitted under that act or other federal law, during the time period in which the state is fully or partially reimbursed the account of an employer shall not be ...

...sses the utilization of the SharedWork Ohio program created under section 4141.50 of the Revised Code. The director shall include in that report the number of employers and employees participating in the program, the amount of shared work compensation paid under the program during the immediately preceding year, and any other information the director considers to be relevant.

...e, the governor, and the members of the unemployment compensation modernization and improvement council.

...141.48 of the Revised Code is guilty of unemployment tax evasion. In addition to the penalties imposed in division (C) of section 4141.48 of the Revised Code, if the tax avoided by the trade or business is less than ten thousand dollars, the violation is a misdemeanor of the first degree under section 2929.24 of the Revised Code. If the tax avoided is ten thousand dollars or more, the violation is a felony under sect...

...herwise requires, "authority" means the Ohio nuclear development authority created and constituted under section 4164.04 of the Revised Code.

...It is the intent of the general assembly in enacting this chapter of the Revised Code to encourage its use as a model for future legislation to further the pursuit of innovative research and development for any industry in this state.

...thin the department of development, the Ohio nuclear development authority. The authority's exercise of powers conferred by this chapter is the performance of an essential governmental function and addresses matters of public necessity for which public moneys may be spent.

...s worked closely with the United States department of energy or the nuclear regulatory commission and the member also has a professional background in nuclear-energy-technology development or advanced-nuclear-reactor concepts. (c) The member has been employed by a contractor that has built concept reactors and the member also worked with hazardous substances, either nuclear or chemical, during that employment. ...

...The governor shall appoint members and fill vacancies in the membership of the authority.

...All appointments by the governor to the authority are subject to the advice and consent of the senate.

...Immediately after appointment to the authority under section 4164.05 of the Revised Code, the members shall enter upon the performance of their duties.

...Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no officer or employee of this state shall be deemed to have forfeited, or shall have forfeited, the officer's or employee's office or employment due to acceptance of membership on the authority or by providing service to the authority.

... States military, and the United States department of energy on advanced-nuclear-research reactors, isotopes, and isotope technologies; (B) To make this state all of the following: (1) A leader in the development and construction of new-type advanced-nuclear-research reactors; (2) A national and global leader in the commercial production of isotopes and research; (3) A leader in the research and developme...

...opment of education programs related to Ohio's isotope industry.

...f the staff and experts employed at the department of development in such manner as is provided by mutual arrangement between the authority and the department.

...Meetings of the authority shall be held in compliance with section 121.22 of the Revised Code.

...emic institutions and the United States department of energy or branches of the United States military for the commercialization of advanced-nuclear-reactor components, which may include any of the following: (A) Advanced-nuclear-reactor-neutronics analysis and experimentation, including reactor, plant, shielding, nuclear data, source-program software, nuclear database, conceptual design, core and system design, c...

...The authority shall give priority to projects that reduce nuclear waste and produce isotopes.

...On or before the fourth day of July of each year, the authority shall submit an annual report of its activities to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, and the chairs of the house and senate committees that oversee energy-related issues. The report shall be posted to the authority's web site.

... to supersede any agreement between the department of health and the United States nuclear regulatory commission entered into under section 3748.03 of the Revised Code.

...acilities establishment fund. (B) "JobsOhio" means the nonprofit corporation formed under section 187.01 of the Revised Code and includes any subsidiary of that corporation unless otherwise specified or clearly implied from the context, together with any successor or assignee of that corporation or any such subsidiary if and to the extent permitted by the transfer agreement or Chapter 187. of the Revised Code. ...

...(A) The state may transfer to JobsOhio, and JobsOhio may accept the transfer of, all or a portion of the enterprise acquisition project for a transfer price payable by JobsOhio to the state. Any such transfer shall be treated as an absolute conveyance and true sale of the interest in the enterprise acquisition project purported to be conveyed for all purposes, and not as a pledge or other security interest. The chara...

...ns and is approved by the United States department of housing and urban development, the United States department of veterans affairs, the federal national mortgage association, or the federal home loan mortgage corporation. (G) "Superintendent of financial institutions" includes the deputy superintendent for consumer finance as provided in section 1181.21 of the Revised Code.

...A) A credit services organization shall file a registration application with, and receive a certificate of registration from, the division of financial institutions before conducting business in this state. The registration application shall be accompanied by a one-hundred-dollar fee and shall contain all of the following information: (1) The name and address of the credit services organization; (2) The name an...

...After notice and a hearing conducted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the superintendent of financial institutions may suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew a certificate of registration if any of the following conditions applies to the applicant for registration or registrant: (A) The applicant or registrant obtained a certificate of registration through any false or fraudulent representa...

...nterpret the information in your credit file. You have a right to dispute inaccurate information by contacting the consumer reporting agency directly. However, neither you nor any credit services organization has the right to have accurate, current, and verifiable information removed from your consumer reporting agency report. The consumer reporting agency must remove accurate, negative information from your report ...

...(A) Each contract between the buyer and a credit services organization for the purchase of the services of the organization shall be in writing, dated and signed by the buyer, and shall include all of the following: (1) A statement, in type that is boldfaced, capitalized, underlined, or otherwise conspicuously set out from surrounding written material and that is in immediate proximity to the space reserved for the...

...ons are met: (1) A copy of the bond is filed with the division of financial institutions. (2) The bond is in favor of any person, and of the state for the benefit of any person, that is injured by any violation of sections 4712.01 to 4712.14 of the Revised Code. (3) The bond is in the amount of fifty thousand dollars. (4) The bond is maintained and in effect for at least two years after the date on which the cred...

...No credit services organization, salesperson, agent, or representative of a credit services organization, or independent contractor that sells or attempts to sell the services of a credit services organization shall do any of the following: (A) Charge or receive directly or indirectly from a buyer money or other consideration readily convertible into money until all services the organization has agreed to perform fo...

...No credit services organization shall sell, provide, or perform any of the services authorized under division (C)(1) of section 4712.01 of the Revised Code in connection with an extension of credit that meets any of the following conditions: (A) The amount of credit is less than five thousand dollars. (B) The repayment term is one year or less. (C) The annual percentage rate exceeds twenty-eight per cent. For...

...No credit services organization shall do any of the following: (A) Obtain a certificate of registration through any false or fraudulent representation or make any substantial misrepresentation in any registration application; (B) Make false promises through advertising or other means in the conduct of its business or engage in a continued course of misrepresentations in the conduct of its business; (C) Engage in c...

...(A) No credit services organization shall cause or attempt to cause a buyer to waive a right under sections 4712.01 to 4712.14 of the Revised Code. (B) Any waiver by a buyer of a right under sections 4712.01 to 4712.14 of the Revised Code is void.

...(A)(1) A buyer injured by a violation of sections 4712.01 to 4712.14 of the Revised Code may bring an action for recovery of damages. (2) Damages awarded under division (A)(1) of this section shall not be less than the amount paid by the buyer to the credit services organization, plus reasonable attorney's fees and court costs. (3) The buyer may be awarded punitive damages. (4) No action shall be brought under div...

...(A) A violation of division (J) of section 4712.02, division (E) of section 4712.04, division (D) or (E) of section 4712.05, division (A) of section 4712.06, section 4712.07 or 4712.08, or division (A) of section 4712.09 of the Revised Code is deemed to be an unfair or deceptive act or practice in violation of section 1345.02 of the Revised Code.

...ng to such matter. If a person fails to file any statement or report, obey any subpoena, give testimony, produce any book, record, or other document as required by such a subpoena, or permit photocopying of any book, record, or other document subpoenaed, the court of common pleas of any county in this state, upon application made to it by the division, shall compel obedience by attachment proceedings for contempt, as...

...A credit services organization shall disclose in any printed or published advertisement relating to the credit services organization's services, the number designated on the certificate of registration that is issued to the credit services organization by the division of financial institutions under sections 4712.01 to 4712.14 of the Revised Code. No credit services organization shall fail to comply with this section...

...The superintendent of financial institutions may adopt, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, reasonable rules to carry out the purposes of sections 4712.01 to 4712.14 of the Revised Code.

...The superintendent of financial institutions shall comply with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code.

...(A) Whoever violates division (J) of section 4712.02, division (E) of section 4712.04, division (D) or (E) of section 4712.05, division (A) of section 4712.06, section 4712.07 or 4712.08, or division (A) of section 4712.09 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree. (B)(1) Whoever violates section 4712.071 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than one h...

...(A) As used in the Revised Code, the "department of public welfare" and the "department of human services" mean the department of job and family services and the "director of public welfare" and the "director of human services" mean the director of job and family services. Except as provided in section 5160.011 of the Revised Code, whenever the department or director of public welfare or the department or direc...

...y services is the executive head of the department of job and family services. All duties conferred on the various work units of the department by law or by order of the director shall be performed under such rules as the director prescribes, and shall be under the director's control.

...The assistant directors of the department of job and family services shall exercise the powers and perform the duties which the director of job and family services may order. The director is authorized to designate which assistant director shall act as director in the absence or disability of the director or in case of a vacancy in the position of director.

...nce for needy families block grant, and unemployment compensation benefits. The department shall undertake efforts to incorporate real-time employment and income information into existing verification and eligibility determination procedures. (B) No third-party vendor shall conduct pre-screening activities regarding supplemental nutrition assistance program applicants unless the vendor has entered into a pre-scree...

...ommission and executive director of the Ohio casino control commission, under which the director and executive director provide the director of job and family services with a searchable list identifying all individuals with substantial lottery or gambling winnings. The director of job and family services shall check the list at least monthly to determine if the information affects any public assistance recipient's el...

...sary for the efficient operation of the department of job and family services. The director may prescribe the title and duties of the employees.

...ces determines that a position with the department of job and family services can best be filled in accordance with division (A)(2) of section 124.30 of the Revised Code or without regard to a residency requirement established by a rule adopted by the director of administrative services, the director of job and family services shall provide the director of administrative services certification of the determination.

...ces may establish work units within the department of job and family services as necessary for the efficient operation of the department. The director shall appoint the chief of each work unit.

...(A) There is hereby established in the department of job and family services the office of human services innovation. The office shall develop recommendations, as described in division (B) of this section, regarding the coordination and reform of state programs to assist the residents of this state in preparing for life and the dignity of work and to promote individual responsibility and work opportunity. The dire...