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...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.

...ctice, or represent parties, before the industrial commission or the bureau of workers' compensation.

...(A) Whoever violates section 4123.27 or 4123.28 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (B) Whoever violates section 4123.50 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Whoever purposely violates such section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. (C) Whoever violates section 4123.81 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (D) Whoever violates section ...

... (A) "Assurance organization" means an independent and qualified entity approved by the administrator of workers' compensation to certify the qualifications of a professional employer organization or professional employer organization reporting entity. (B) "Client employer" means a sole proprietor, partnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation that enters into a professional employer organiza...

...hapter. The administrator may allow an independent assurance organization to act on behalf of a professional employer organization or professional employer organization reporting entity in complying with this chapter and any rules adopted under it. The assurance organization shall be approved by the administrator before acting on behalf of the professional employer organization or the professional employer org...

...taxes associated with a shared employee independent of the terms and conditions contained in the professional employer organization agreement between the professional employer organization and the client employer; (3) Maintain workers' compensation coverage, pay all workers' compensation premiums and manage all workers' compensation claims, filings, and related procedures associated with a shared employee in compl...

...(A) When a client employer enters into a professional employer organization agreement with a professional employer organization, the professional 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 412...

...A shared employee under a professional employer organization agreement shall not, solely as a result of being a shared employee, be considered an employee of the professional 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 professional ...

...(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, shared employees under a professional 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 a...

...s and shall not be published or open to public inspection. (G) The list described in division (B)(1) of this section shall be considered a trade secret. (H) The administrator shall establish the fee described in division (B)(2) of this section in an amount that does not exceed the cost of the administration of the initial and renewal registration process. (I) A financial statement required under division (B)(7) of...

... be audited by an independent certified public accountant authorized to practice in the jurisdiction in which that accountant is located. (1) The resulting report of the auditor shall not include either of the following: (a) A qualification or disclaimer of opinion as to adherence to generally accepted accounting principles; (b) A statement expressing substantial doubt about the ability of the professional employe...

...fessional employer organization and rescind its status as a coemployer upon a finding that the professional employer organization has done any of the following: (1) Obtained or attempted to obtain registration through misrepresentation, misstatement of a material fact, or fraud; (2) Misappropriated any funds of the client employer; (3) Used fraudulent or coercive practices to obtain or retain business or demonstra...

...fication and year; (b) The medical and indemnity costs of each client employer involved in the lease termination, organized by claim; (c) Any other information the administrator may require to develop a state fund experience modification factor for each client employer involved in the lease termination. (2) The administrator may require a professional employer organization to submit the information required under ...

...rtification statutes or regulations. An individual required to obtain and maintain a license, registration, or certification under law and who is a shared employee of a professional employer organization and a client employer is an employee of the client employer for purposes of obtaining and maintaining the appropriate license, registration, or certification as required by law. A professional employer organiza...

...Nothing contained in this chapter or in any professional employer organization agreement shall affect, modify, or amend any collective bargaining agreement that exists on the effective date of this section. Nothing in this chapter shall alter the rights or obligations of any client employer, professional employer organization, or shared employee under the "National Labor Relations Act," 49 Stat. 449, 29 U.S.C.A. 151 ...

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

...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 woman-owned business enterprise or as a historically underutilized business shall not be affected as a result of the client employer entering into a professional employer organization agreement or using t...

...Whoever violates division (A) of section 4125.05 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Whoever knowingly violates division (A) of section 4125.05 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.

...ployee" means any person engaged in any public relief employment, and receiving "work-relief," who is under the supervision and control of any employer mentioned in this section or any agency of such employer. (B) "Work-relief" means public relief given in the form of public funds or goods, on the basis of the budgetary needs of the work-relief employee and his dependents, in exchange for any service or labor render...

...The administrator of workers' compensation may hear and determine all claims for compensation, death benefits, medical, nurse, and hospital services, medicine, and funeral expenses under this chapter. The decisions of the administrator in all claims for compensation, death benefits, medical, nurse, and hospital services, medicine, and funeral expenses are appealable pursuant to sections 4123.511 and 4123.512 of the ...

...administrator of workers' compensation finds that the actual physical disability bears to the total loss of such members. All compensation payable under this chapter shall be paid on the basis of computation provided for in this chapter.

...The basis upon which compensation or benefits shall be computed, is the amount of work-relief which would have been afforded to the injured person for the calendar week in which the injury or death occurred. In no event shall such compensation exceed the maximum reimbursable relief award established by the state which the claimant would have been entitled to had he not been injured.

...nto a separate fund to be known as the "public work-relief employees' compensation fund," and all compensation, death benefits, and expenses for medical, nurse, and hospital services, medicine, and funerals, shall be paid out of the fund. Such premiums shall be collected, the moneys of the fund disbursed and the fund maintained, without regard to or reliance upon any other fund mentioned in Chapter 4123. of the Revi...

...orary and partial disability out of the public work-relief employees' compensation fund by the bureau of workers' compensation in the same manner and amount as is provided in sections 4127.01 to 4127.14 of the Revised Code for other disabilities.

...Every employer shall contribute to the public work-relief employees' compensation fund the amount of money determined by the administrator of workers' compensation, with the advice and consent of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors. The contributions may be made in whole or in part out of any relief funds or any other available public funds, regardless of the manner in which the funds were r...