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...Beginning one year after the effective date of this section, and every year thereafter, the director of job and family services shall prepare and submit a report to the governor, the president and minority leader of the senate, and the speaker and the minority leader of the house of representatives that discusses the utilization of the SharedWork Ohio program created under section 4141.50 of the Revised Code. ...

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

...1.48 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 sectio...

... board; (3) Any other branch of public employment not mentioned in division (A)(1) or (2) of this section. (B) "Public employee" means any individual who engages to furnish services subject to the direction and control of a public employer, including those individuals working for a private employer who has contracted with a public employer and over whom the national labor relations board has declined jurisdiction. ...

...on shall operate and enforce the public employment risk reduction program created by this chapter. (B) The administrator shall do all of the following: (1) Adopt rules, with the advice and consent of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors and in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, for the administration and enforcement of this chapter. The administrator shall include both of the follow...

...es arising out of, or in the course of, employment. (B) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to enlarge or diminish or affect in any other manner the common law or statutory rights of public employers, contractors, or subcontractors to enter into or enforce indemnification, hold harmless, or guarantee performance agreements among themselves as those agreements existed prior to June 30, 1993.

...Furnish to each of his public employees employment and a place of employment free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his public employees; (2) Comply with Ohio employment risk reduction standards, rules, and orders adopted or issued pursuant to this chapter. (B) Notwithstanding this section or any other provision in this chapter to the contrary, no publ...

...c employee shall: (A) Comply with Ohio employment risk reduction standards, rules, and orders adopted or issued pursuant to this chapter which are applicable to the public employee's actions and conduct; (B) Comply with safety rules the public employer establishes for the purpose of fulfilling compliance with Ohio employment risk reduction standards, rules, or orders adopted or issued pursuant to this chapter. All ...

...ition to retaining a right to continued employment, receive full compensation for the tasks that would have been performed. If the public employer reassigns the public employee, the public employer shall pay the public employee's full compensation as if the public employee were not reassigned. (B) A public employee who exercises the right to refuse to work under division (A) of this section shall notify by a written...

...tors, shall adopt rules that establish employment risk reduction standards. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, in adopting these rules, the administrator shall do both of the following: (1) By no later than July 1, 1994, adopt as a rule and an Ohio employment risk reduction standard every federal occupational safety and health standard then adopted by the United States secretary of labor pursu...

...hall issue an emergency temporary Ohio employment risk reduction standard to take immediate effect upon publication in newspapers of general circulation in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Toledo if the administrator finds both of the following: (1) Public employees are exposed to grave danger from exposure to substances or agents determined to be toxic or physically harmful or from new hazards; (2) The em...

...er affected by a proposed rule or Ohio employment risk reduction standard or any provision of a standard proposed under section 4167.07 or 4167.08 of the Revised Code may apply to the administrator of workers' compensation for an order granting a temporary variance from the standard or provision. The application for the order and any extension of the order shall contain a reasonable application fee, as determi...

...oyee representative in writing of the determination. If, upon receipt of a notification, the administrator determines that there are reasonable grounds to believe that a violation or danger exists, the administrator shall, within one week, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and any legal holiday as defined in section 1.14 of the Revised Code, after receipt of the notification, notify the public employer, by certified mail...

...llection, compilation, and analysis of employment risk reduction statistics. (B) To implement and maintain division (A) of this section, the administrator, with the advice and consent of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that extend to all of the following: (1) Requiring each public employer to make, keep, and preserve,...

...All information reported to or otherwise obtained by the administrator of workers' compensation or the administrator's designee in connection with any investigation, inspection, or proceeding under this chapter that reveals a trade secret of any person is confidential, except that the information may be disclosed to other agents or authorized representatives of the administrator concerned with fulfilling the require...

...(A) No public employer shall discharge or in any manner discriminate against any public employee because the public employee, in good faith, files any complaint or institutes any proceeding under or related to this chapter, or testifies or is about to testify in any proceeding, or because of the exercise by the public employee, on his own behalf or on the behalf of others, of any right afforded under this chapter. (...

...emains in effect pending the court's determination under this section. If the administrator modifies an order pursuant to the informal reconsideration, the administrator shall provide the court with whom the administrator filed the petition under this section with a copy of the modified order. The modified order remains in effect pending the court's determination under this section.

...l appoint a hearing officer to make a determination as to the request. The hearing officer, within fourteen days after the hearing officer's appointment, shall hold a hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and, within fourteen days after the hearing, render a decision. A public employer, public employee, or public employee representative may appeal the decision of the hearing officer to the admi...

... the enforcement of the order pending determination of the appeal, the court may grant a suspension of the order and fix the terms thereof. (B)(1) The court shall conduct a hearing on the appeal filed under division (A) of this section and shall give preference to all proceedings under this section over all other civil cases, irrespective of the position of the proceedings on the calendar of the court. The hearing s...

...ek to enforce this chapter, or any Ohio employment risk reduction standard, rule, or order adopted or issued pursuant thereto, in any manner that derogates from the immunity offered to a public employer by variances obtained under this chapter, or by variations, tolerance, or exemption allowed a public employer for reasons of national defense by the United States secretary of labor pursuant to section 16 of the "Occu...

...As used in this section and sections 4167.27 and 4767.28 of the Revised Code: (A) "Bloodborne pathogen" means a microorganism present in human blood that can cause disease in humans, including the human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and other pathogenic microorganisms. (B) "Engineered sharps injury protection" means either of the following: (1) A physical attribute built into a need...

...ompensation shall adopt a rule and Ohio employment risk reduction standard for the prevention of exposure incidents. The initial rule and standard shall be adopted not later than one hundred eighty days after October 5, 2000. (B) The administrator shall provide advice to public employers with regard to their implementation of the requirements established by the rule and standard adopted under this section and the re...

...ontrol plan that is consistent with the employment risk reduction standard established in rules adopted under section 4167.27 of the Revised Code, including procedures for both of the following: (a) Identifying and selecting needleless systems, sharps that are manufactured with engineered sharps injury protection, and other devices that comply with the United States occupational safety and health administration's bl...

...f the comprehensive case management and employment program. (E) "Local participating agencies" means the county department of job and family services and workforce development agency that serve the same county. (F) "Local workforce development board" means a local workforce development board established under section 107 of the "Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act," 29 U.S.C. 3122. (G) "Ohio works first" has ...

...d the comprehensive case management and employment program. The department of job and family services shall coordinate and supervise the administration of the program to the extent funds are available for this purpose under the TANF block grant or the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.