Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 4141 | Unemployment Compensation
Section 4141.51 | Participation in Sharedwork Ohio.

Effective: September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation: House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) An employer who wishes to participate in the SharedWork Ohio program shall submit a plan to the director of job and family services in which the employer does all of the following:
(1) Identifies the participating employees by name, social security number, affected unit, and normal weekly hours of work;
(2) Describes the manner in which the employer will implement the requirements of the SharedWork Ohio program, including the proposed reduction percentage, which shall be between ten per cent and sixty per cent, and any temporary closure of the participating employer's business for equipment maintenance or other similar circumstances that the employer knows may occur during the effective period of an approved plan;
(3) Includes a plan for giving advance notice, if feasible, to an employee whose normal weekly hours of work are to be reduced and, if advance notice is not feasible, an explanation of why that notice is not feasible;
(4) Includes a certification by the employer that the aggregate reduction in the number of hours worked by the employees of the employer is in lieu of layoffs and includes an estimate of the number of layoffs that would have occurred absent the ability to participate in the SharedWork Ohio program;
(5) Includes a certification by the employer that if the employer provides health benefits and retirement benefits under a defined benefit plan, as defined in 26 U.S.C. 414(j), as amended, or contributions under a defined contribution plan as defined in 26 U.S.C. 414(i), as amended, to any employee whose normal weekly hours of work are reduced under the program that such benefits will continue to be provided to an employee participating in the SharedWork Ohio program under the same terms and conditions as though the normal weekly hours of work of the employee had not been reduced or to the same extent as other employees not participating in the program;
(6) Permits eligible employees to participate, as appropriate, in training to enhance job skills approved by the director, including employer-sponsored training or worker training funded under the federal "Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act," 29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.;
(7) Includes any other information as required by the United States secretary of labor or the director under the rules the director adopts under section 4141.50 of the Revised Code;
(8) Includes an attestation by the employer that the terms of the written plan submitted by the employer and implementation of that plan are consistent with obligations of the employer under the applicable federal and state laws;
(9) Includes a certification by the employer that the employer will promptly notify the director of any change in the business that includes the sale or transfer of all or part of the business, and that the employer will notify any successor in interest to the employer's business prior to the transfer of all or part of the business, of the existence of any approved shared work plan;
(10) Includes a certification by the employer that, as of the date the employer submits the plan, the employer is current on all reports and has paid all contributions, reimbursements, interest, and penalties due under this chapter;
(11) Includes an assurance from the employer that the employer will remain current on all employer reporting and payments of contributions, reimbursements, interest, and penalties as required by this chapter;
(12) Includes a certification by the employer that none of the participating employees are employed on a seasonal, temporary, or intermittent basis;
(13) Includes an assurance from the employer that the employer will not reduce a participating employee's normal weekly hours of work by more than the reduction percentage, except in the event of a temporary closure of the employer's business for equipment maintenance, or when the employee takes approved time off during the week with pay, and the combined work hours and paid leave hours equal the number of hours the employee would have worked under the plan.
(B) The director shall approve a shared work plan if an employer includes in the plan all of the information, certifications, and assurances required under division (A) of this section.
(C) The director shall approve or deny a shared work plan and shall send a written notice to the employer stating whether the director approved or denied the plan not later than ten days after the director receives the plan. If the director denies approval of a shared work plan, the director shall state the reasons for denying approval in the written notice sent to the employer.
(D) The director shall enforce the requirements of the SharedWork Ohio program in the same manner as the director enforces the requirements of this chapter, including under section 4141.40 of the Revised Code.
Last updated August 24, 2021 at 2:11 PM

Structure Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Revised Code

Title 41 | Labor and Industry

Chapter 4141 | Unemployment Compensation

Section 4141.01 | Unemployment Compensation Definitions.

Section 4141.031 | Appointment of Agricultural Ombudsperson.

Section 4141.04 | Free Employment Services.

Section 4141.042 | Promoting Employment Competencies and Upward Mobility of Women.

Section 4141.046 | Prohibition Against Accepting Compensation for Securing Employment.

Section 4141.06 | Unemployment Compensation Review Commission.

Section 4141.07 | Non-Lawyer Representatives - Commission or Representative Fees Prohibited.

Section 4141.08 | Unemployment Compensation Advisory Council.

Section 4141.09 | Unemployment Compensation Fund - Clearing Account, Unemployment Trust Fund Account, Benefit Account.

Section 4141.10 | Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund.

Section 4141.11 | Unemployment Compensation Special Administrative Fund.

Section 4141.12 | Unemployment Compensation Modernization and Improvement Council.

Section 4141.13 | Director of Job and Family Services - Additional Duties.

Section 4141.131 | Sale of Real Property.

Section 4141.14 | Rules of Director Subject to Approval of Unemployment Compensation Review Commission.

Section 4141.162 | Establishing Income and Eligibility Verification System.

Section 4141.17 | Oaths, Depositions, and Subpoenas.

Section 4141.18 | Employer Shall Keep Employment Record.

Section 4141.20 | Employers to Furnish Information to Director - Quarterly Reports - Forfeiture.

Section 4141.21 | Information Maintained by or Furnished Director Not Open to Public - Publication in Statistical Form.

Section 4141.22 | Divulging Information.

Section 4141.23 | Employer Contributions - Payments in Lieu of Contributions.

Section 4141.231 | Satisfying Employer's Deficiency.

Section 4141.24 | Employer Accounts.

Section 4141.241 | Nonprofit Organizations as Employers.

Section 4141.242 | Public Entities as Employers.

Section 4141.25 | Contribution Rates.

Section 4141.251 | Unemployment Compensation Interest Contingency Fund.

Section 4141.26 | Notifying Employer of Contribution Rate.

Section 4141.27 | Proceeding Against Employer Who Fails to Comply.

Section 4141.28 | Determination of Benefit Rights and Claims for Benefits.

Section 4141.281 | Appeal to Director.

Section 4141.282 | Appeal to Court.

Section 4141.283 | Unemployment Due to Labor Dispute.

Section 4141.284 | Child Support Obligations.

Section 4141.285 | Unemployment Caused by Major Disaster.

Section 4141.286 | Mandatory Checks for Determining Benefit Rights and Eligibility.

Section 4141.29 | Eligibility for Benefits.

Section 4141.291 | Voluntarily Quitting to Accept Recall.

Section 4141.292 | State Disaster Unemployment Benefit Payment.

Section 4141.293 | Participation in Learn to Earn Program.

Section 4141.30 | Paying Benefits.

Section 4141.301 | Extended Benefit Period.

Section 4141.31 | Benefits Reduced by Remuneration.

Section 4141.312 | Benefits Reduced by Amount of Governmental Payments Based on Individual's Previous Work. - Social Security.

Section 4141.32 | No Waiver or Assignment of Benefits.

Section 4141.321 | Federal Income Tax Deducted or Withheld.

Section 4141.33 | Seasonal Employment.

Section 4141.35 | Fraudulent Misrepresentations to Obtain Benefits - Other Reasons.

Section 4141.36 | Deductions From Salaries Not Permitted Except for Private Benefits.

Section 4141.37 | Compliance by Firm or Corporation Mandatory.

Section 4141.38 | Prohibition Against Failure to Make Reports or Pay Contributions.

Section 4141.39 | Injunction.

Section 4141.40 | Prohibition Against Violations Not Otherwise Specified.

Section 4141.41 | Secretary of State Is Agent of Employer for Service of Process - Comity Between States.

Section 4141.42 | Reciprocal Agreements to Determining Liability for Payment of Employer Contributions.

Section 4141.43 | Cooperation With Federal, State, and Other Agencies.

Section 4141.431 | Domestic Service in Private Home.

Section 4141.432 | Unemployment Compensation Administrative Support Other Sources Fund.

Section 4141.45 | Right to Amend or Repeal.

Section 4141.46 | Liberal Construction of Statutes.

Section 4141.47 | Auxiliary Services Personnel Unemployment Compensation Fund - Auxiliary Services Program Administrative Fund.

Section 4141.48 | Acquisition of Trade or Business to Lower Contribution Rate Prohibited.

Section 4141.50 | Sharedwork Ohio Definitions.

Section 4141.51 | Participation in Sharedwork Ohio.

Section 4141.52 | Commencement and Duration of Shared Work Plan.

Section 4141.53 | Eligibility for Shared Work Compensation.

Section 4141.54 | Employees Who Satisfy Availability Requirement.

Section 4141.55 | Reimbursement.

Section 4141.56 | Report.

Section 4141.99 | Penalty.