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...the state on the basis of merit and by conduct and capacity in office.

...e 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 ...

...t shall be responsible for determining, consistent with the rules adopted under division (B)(3) of this section, whether a lack of funds exists. For appointing authorities that employ persons whose salary or wage is paid other than by warrant of the director of budget and management, the appointing authority itself shall determine whether a lack of funds exists. (2) As used in this division, a "lack of funds" m...

... 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.

...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 permane...

...ssification series. This process shall continue, if necessary, until the employee with the fewest retention points in the lowest classification of the classification series of the same appointing authority or independent institution has been reached and, if necessary, laid off. (C) Employees shall notify the appointing authority of their intention to exercise their displacement rights, within five days after ...

... (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 me...

...ff 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 te...

...oyee was laid off. Reinstatement rights continue for one year from the date of layoff. During this one-year period, in any layoff jurisdiction in which an appointing authority has an employee on a layoff list, the appointing authority shall not hire or promote anyone into a position within that classification until all laid-off persons on a layoff list for that classification who are qualified to perform the duties o...

... 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.

...director, by rule, shall set guidelines concerning procedures to be followed by all appointing authorities when making a temporary transfer and list those classifications where the nature of the employment is such that systematic changes in the location of an employee's work assignments are necessary for the efficient operation of an office, department, or institution. If the director or a commission approves a...

...mance, dishonesty, drunkenness, immoral conduct, insubordination, discourteous treatment of the public, neglect of duty, violation of any policy or work rule of the officer's or employee's appointing authority, violation of this chapter or the rules of the director of administrative services or the commission, any other failure of good behavior, any other acts of misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance in office, or...

...employment of a violation of state or federal statutes, rules, or regulations or the misuse of public resources, and the employee's supervisor or appointing authority has authority to correct the violation or misuse, the employee may file a written report identifying the violation or misuse with the supervisor or appointing authority. In addition to or instead of filing a written report with the supervisor or a...

...on 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...

...rmination 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 ...

...ch 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...

...illness, pregnancy, injury, exposure to contagious disease that could be communicated to other employees, and illness, injury, or death in the employee's immediate family. Unused sick leave shall be cumulative without limit. When sick leave is used, it shall be deducted from the employee's credit on the basis of one hour for every one hour of absence from previously scheduled work. The previously accumulated sick l...

...s 124.382 and 124.385 of the Revised Code regarding sick leave and disability leave benefits. An employee is ineligible to receive salary continuation until the date of implementation is established in the rules adopted under division (C)(1) of this section. (b) Employees of the secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, attorney general, supreme court, general assembly, or legislative service...

...s. (2) "Active pay status" means the conditions under which an employee is eligible to receive pay, and includes, but is not limited to, vacation leave, sick leave, personal leave, bereavement leave, and administrative leave. (3) "No pay status" means the conditions under which an employee is ineligible to receive pay and includes, but is not limited to, leave without pay, leave of absence, and disability leave...

...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 procedure...

...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 st...

... the employee has completed one year of continuous state service immediately prior to the date of the disability and if any of the following applies: (1) The employee is a full-time permanent employee and is eligible for sick leave credit pursuant to division (B) of section 124.382 of the Revised Code or is entitled to disability benefits under a collective bargaining agreement. (2) The employee is a part-time p...

...ee at any one time is forty hours. (2) Convert the balance to accumulated sick leave, to be used in the manner provided by section 124.382 of the Revised Code; (3) Receive a cash benefit. The cash benefit shall equal one hour of the employee's base rate of pay for every hour of unused credit that is converted. An employee serving in a temporary work level who elects to convert unused personal leave to cash shall do...

... 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) o...

...ce 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 ...