Bill Text: OH HB170 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: To prohibit an employer from retaliating against the employer's employees for testifying or otherwise participating in an unemployment compensation proceeding or hearing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-05 - To Commerce & Labor [HB170 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2009-HB170-Introduced.html

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As Introduced

128th General Assembly Regular Session 2009-2010

H. B. No. 170

Representative Murray 

Cosponsors: Representatives Okey, Foley, Domenick, Yuko, Skindell, Boyd, Pillich 

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A BILL

To enact section 4141.49 of the Revised Code to

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prohibit an employer from retaliating against the

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employer's employees for testifying or otherwise

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participating in an unemployment compensation

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proceeding or hearing.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That section 4141.49 of the Revised Code be	6
enacted to read as follows:	7

Sec. 4141.49. (A) No employer shall discharge without just	8
cause, refuse to hire, or otherwise discriminate against any	9
employee of the employer with respect to hire, tenure, terms,	10
conditions, or privileges of employment, or any matter directly or	11
indirectly related to employment, because that employee testifies	12
or otherwise participates in a proceeding or hearing conducted	13
under this chapter.	14

(B) An employee who believes that the employee has suffered	15
an injury as a result of the employee's employer violation of	16
division (A) of this section may bring a civil action against the	17
employee's employer in the court of common pleas of the county	18
where the alleged violation occurred. If the court determines that	19
an employer has violated that division, the court may order any	20
relief that the court determines is appropriate.	21