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... Public employees have the right to: (1) Form, join, assist, or participate in, or refrain from forming, joining, assisting, or participating in, except as otherwise provided in Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code, any employee organization of their own choosing; (2) Engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid and protection; (3) Representation by an employe...

...s of collective bargaining by either: (1) Being certified by the state employment relations board when a majority of the voting employees in the unit select the employee organization as their representative in a board-conducted election under section 4117.07 of the Revised Code; (2) Filing a request with a public employer with a copy to the state employment relations board for recognition as an exclusive representa...

...propriate unit, the board shall not: (1) Decide that any unit is appropriate if the unit includes both professional and nonprofessional employees, unless a majority of the professional employees and a majority of the nonprofessional employees first vote for inclusion in the unit; (2) Include guards or correction officers at correctional or mental institutions, special police officers appointed in accordance w...

...s section and division (E) of section 4117.03 of the Revised Code. (B) The conduct and grading of civil service examinations, the rating of candidates, the establishment of eligible lists from the examinations, and the original appointments from the eligible lists are not appropriate subjects for collective bargaining. (C) Unless a public employer agrees otherwise in a collective bargaining agreement, nothing ...

...ement shall contain a provision that: (1) Provides for a grievance procedure which may culminate with final and binding arbitration of unresolved grievances, and disputed interpretations of agreements, and which is valid and enforceable under its terms when entered into in accordance with this chapter. No publication thereof is required to make it effective. A party to the agreement may bring suits for violation of ...

...Notwithstanding sections 4117.08 and 4117.10 of the Revised Code, no agreement entered into under this chapter may contain any provision that in any way limits the effect or operation of Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code or limits the authority of a school district board of education, or the governing board of an educational service center described in division (C)(1)(d) of section 3314.02 of the Revised Code, to ent...

...(A) Whoever violates section 4117.11 of the Revised Code is guilty of an unfair labor practice remediable by the state employment relations board as specified in this section. (B) When anyone files a charge with the board alleging that an unfair labor practice has been committed, the board or its designated agent shall investigate the charge. If the board has probable cause for believing that a violation has occ...

...ibited from striking under division (D)(1) of section 4117.14 of the Revised Code, a strike by other public employees during the pendency of the settlement procedures set forth in section 4117.14 of the Revised Code, or a strike during the term or extended term of a collective bargaining agreement occurs, the public employer may seek an injunction against the strike in the court of common pleas of the county in which...

... shall serve a term ending on June 30, 1995; the member who is a representative of employers shall serve a term ending on June 30, 1997; and the member who is a representative of the public shall serve a term ending on June 30, 1999. Thereafter, terms of office are for six years, beginning on the first day of July and ending on the thirtieth day of June. (C) Each member shall hold office from the date of the m...

...ial commission as provided in section 4121.02 of the Revised Code. (B) In making the appointments, the governor shall select the members representing employees from a list of eight names submitted by the Ohio federation of labor, the member representing the Ohio association for justice from a list of two names submitted by the Ohio association of justice, and the members representing employers from a lis...

... required to adopt pursuant to section 4121.31 of the Revised Code shall be supplemented with operating manuals setting forth the procedural steps in detail for performing each of the assigned tasks of each section of the bureau of workers' compensation and commission. The administrator and commission jointly shall adopt such manuals. No employee may deviate from manual procedures without authorization of the section...

...tion on all of the following matters: (1) Determinations under section 4123.57 of the Revised Code; (2) All appeals from a decision of the administrator of workers' compensation under division (B) of section 4123.511 of the Revised Code; (3) All other contested claims matters under this chapter and Chapters 4123., 4127., and 4131. of the Revised Code, except those matters over which staff hearing officers have ori...

...ar and decide the following matters: (1) Applications for permanent, total disability awards pursuant to section 4123.58 of the Revised Code; (2) Appeals from an order of a district hearing officer issued under division (C) of section 4123.511 of the Revised Code; (3) Applications for additional awards for violation of a specific safety rule of the administrator of workers' compensation pursuant to Section 35 o...

...(A) The industrial commission shall: (1) Implement a program of impairment evaluation training for its staff physicians, certified nurse-midwives, clinical nurse specialists, and certified nurse practitioners; (2) Issue a manual of commission policy as to impairment evaluation so as to increase consistency of medical reports. This manual shall be available to the public at cost but shall be provided free to all p...

...all have all of the following duties: (1) Provide each claimant and employer fair, impartial, and equal treatment; (2) Recommend any needed improvements for changes in staff size and accessibility to service offices; (3) Recommend to the administrator appropriate action concerning any allegations of misconduct, abuse of authority, or fraud committed in his service office; (4) Ensure that all current bureau rules...

...hts and responsibilities under Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code and as part of that program prepare and distribute pamphlets, which clearly and simply explain at least all of the following: (1) The rights and responsibilities of claimants and employers; (2) The procedures for processing claims; (3) The procedure for fulfilling employer responsibility; (4) All applicable statutes of limitation; (5) The avai...

...pensable under this chapter or Chapter 4123., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code. In adopting the standards, the administrator shall use nationally recognized accreditation standards. The standards the administrator adopts must provide that a qualified plan provides for all of the following: (1) Criteria for selective contracting of health care providers; (2) Adequate plan structure and financial stability; (3) P...

...Not later than July 1, 2012, the administrator of workers' compensation shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement a coordinated services program for claimants under this chapter or Chapter 4123., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code who are found to have obtained prescription drugs that were reimbursed pursuant to an order of the administrator or of the industrial commiss...

...ers' compensation pursuant to sections 4121.61 to 4121.69 of the Revised Code includes the authority to do all of the following: (1) Contract with any public or private person for the rendition of rehabilitation services; (2) Take actions and utilize money in the state insurance fund as necessary to obtain federal funds and assistance in the maximum amounts and most advantageous proportions and terms ...

...oard of directors, shall adopt rules: (1) For the encouragement of reemployment of claimants who have successfully completed prescribed rehabilitation programs by payment from the surplus fund established by section 4123.34 of the Revised Code to employers who employ or re-employ the claimants. The period or periods of payments shall not exceed six months in the aggregate, unless the administrator or the administrat...

...e, employees as defined in division (A)(1) of section 4123.01 of the Revised Code, or if the state or any political subdivision thereof desires to secure workers' compensation coverage in respect of any volunteer fireman, policeman, deputy sheriff, marshal or deputy marshal, constable, or other person in its service in the event of the injury, disease, or death of such person while engaged in activities called for ...

...rovided under this chapter and Chapter 4121. of the Revised Code as required by section 4123.35 of the Revised Code. Whoever violates this division is liable to the state in an amount determined by the self-insuring employers evaluation board pursuant to division (C) of section 4123.352 of the Revised Code or for an amount the board determines that is not more than ten times the amount of the difference between the ...

...he fund is not subject to sections 3929.10 to 3929.18 of the Revised Code or to regulation by the superintendent of insurance. (C) If a self-insuring employer defaults, the bureau shall recover the amounts paid as a result of the default from the self-insuring employers' guaranty fund. If a self-insuring employer defaults and is in compliance with this section for the payment of contributions to the fund, such self-...

...termined eligible, pursuant to section 4123.413 of the Revised Code, to participate in the disabled workers' relief fund is entitled to receive payments, without application, from the fund of a monthly amount equal to the lesser of the difference between three hundred forty-two dollars, adjusted annually pursuant to division (B) of section 4123.62 of the Revised Code, and: (1) The amount he is receiving per month as...

...t rate established pursuant to section 4123.411 of the Revised Code, subject to the limits set forth in that section, shall be adequate to provide the amounts estimated as necessary by the administrator of workers' compensation to carry out the provisions of sections 4123.412 to 4123.418 of the Revised Code. For all injuries and disabilities occurring before January 1, 1987, the administrator, for the purpose of car...