Bill Text: OH HB40 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: To require certain employers to allow a parent to exercise court-ordered parenting time without terminating employment, reducing pay, or taking other similar action against the parent.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-24 - To Judiciary [HB40 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2009-HB40-Introduced.html

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As Introduced

128th General Assembly Regular Session 2009-2010

H. B. No. 40

Representative Letson 

Cosponsors: Representatives Ujvagi, Hagan, Williams, B., Fende, Yuko, Foley, Boyd, Celeste, Stewart, Domenick, Gerberry, Winburn, Patten, Mallory, Luckie 

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A BILL

To enact section 3109.054 of the Revised Code to

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require certain employers to allow a parent to

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exercise court-ordered parenting time without

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terminating employment, reducing pay, or taking

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other similar action against the parent.

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

Section 1. That section 3109.054 of the Revised Code be	6
enacted to read as follows:	7

Sec. 3109.054. (A) As used in this section:

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(1) "Public agency" means an office, agency, department,	9
bureau, or other governmental entity of the state or of a	10
political subdivision of the state.	11

(2) "Employer" means any of the following:

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(a) Any person engaged in commerce or in any industry or	13
activity affecting commerce who employs fifty or more employees	14
for each working day during each of twenty or more calendar work	15
weeks in the current or preceding calendar year;	16

(b) Any person who acts, directly or indirectly, in the	17
interest of an employer to any of the employees of such employer;	18

(c) Any successor in interest of an employer;

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(d) Any public agency.

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(B) A parent granted parenting time pursuant to an order	21
issued under Title XXI or XXXI of the Revised Code or by a court	22
of competent jurisdiction of any other state may provide the	23
parent's employer with a copy of the schedule of parenting time	24
created pursuant to that order if parenting time coincides with	25
the parent's regularly scheduled hours of employment. Upon	26
receipt of the schedule, the employer shall allow the parent to	27
exercise parenting time according to the schedule and shall not	28
terminate the parent's employment, reduce the parent's pay, or	29
take any other similar adverse action against the parent for	30
exercising the parenting time.	31