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...Private employers who fail to comply with section 4123.35 of the Revised Code are not entitled to the benefits of sections 4123.01 to 4123.94, inclusive, of the Revised Code, during the period of such noncompliance, but are liable to their employees for damages suffered by reason of personal injuries sustained in the course of employment caused by the wrongful act, neglect, or default of the employer, or any of the ...

...No employer shall deduct any portion of the premium paid by such employer into the state insurance fund from the wages or salary of any employee entitled to the benefits of sections 4123.01 to 4123.94, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...Sections 4123.01 to 4123.94, inclusive, of the Revised Code shall be liberally construed in favor of employees and the dependents of deceased employees.

...Sections 4127.01 to 4127.14, inclusive, of the Revised Code apply to all work-relief employees who are injured and to the dependents of such as are killed, whether such injury or death occurred prior to May 17, 1935, or subsequent thereto.

...(A)(1) Except as provided in this section, an employer is subject to this chapter if either of the following apply: (a) The employer had at least one individual in employment for some portion of a day in each of twenty different calendar weeks, in either the current or the preceding calendar year, whether or not the same individual was in employment in each such day; (b) The employer paid for service in employmen...

...A nonprofit organization that does not meet the definition of employer for purposes of this chapter pursuant to division (A)(1)(a) of section 4141.01 of the Revised Code, and that does not elect to become an employer subject to this chapter pursuant to division (A)(4) of section 4141.01 of the Revised Code, shall notify the organization's employees upon hiring that the organization, and the employee's employment with...

...The director of job and family services shall take affirmative steps to promote the employment competencies and upward mobility of women. The director shall place particular emphasis on education, child care, labor conditions, equality of entrance requirements, and eligibility for promotion. In pursuance thereof, the director shall: (A) Serve as a clearinghouse for information; (B) Assist state and local government...

...(A) For any federal program administered by the director of job and family services in a manner similar to this chapter that provides money payments for loss of remuneration for services performed under any contract of hire that is not employment as defined in section 4141.01 of the Revised Code, the director of job and family services shall establish a verification system for the program that verifies whether an ind...

...Every employer, whether or not otherwise subject to this chapter, shall keep a true and accurate employment record of all the employer's employees, whether qualified and eligible to benefits or not, and of the hours worked by each employee and of the wages paid to the employee, and shall furnish to the director of job and family services upon demand a sworn statement of the same. Such record shall be open to inspecti...

...If the director of job and family services finds that any person, firm, corporation, or association is, or has been, an employer subject to this chapter, which determination of liability has become final pursuant to the provisions of section 4141.26 of the Revised Code, and has failed to comply with such sections, the director shall determine the period during which the person, firm, corporation or association was su...

...Where a claim for 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 ...

...When determining whether an application for determination of benefit rights is valid or determining whether a first claim or additional claim for benefits allows a claimant to qualify for benefits, in addition to other information available, the director of job and family services shall do all of the following: (A) Check the new hires directory maintained by the department of job and family services under section 3...

...The director of job and family services shall enter 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 correct...

...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...

...(A) All benefits shall be paid through public employment offices in accordance with such rules as the director of job and family services prescribes. (B) With the exceptions in division (B)(4) of this section, benefits are payable to each eligible and qualified individual on account of each week of involuntary total unemployment after the specified waiting period at the weekly benefit amount determined by: (1) Co...

...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...

...(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.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Reasonable assurance" means a written, verbal, or implied agreement that the individual will perform services in the same or similar capacity during the ensuing sports season or seasonal period. (2) "Seasonal employment" means employment of individuals hired primarily to perform services in an industry which because of climatic conditions or because of the seasonal nature of ...

...The director of job and family services shall establish and maintain a process for an employer to report that an applicant for or recipient of benefits has failed or is failing to meet any of the eligibility requirements described in division (A) of section 4141.29 of the Revised Code. The process shall allow an employer to make a complaint through a conspicuous internet link located on the internet web site maintain...

...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.

...(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....

...Any nonresident employer who exercises the privilege of having one or more individuals perform personal services for the nonresident employer within this state and any resident employer who exercises that privilege and thereafter removes from this state shall be deemed thereby to appoint the secretary of state as the employer's agent and attorney for the acceptance of process in any civil action under this section. T...

...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.