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OH SB88

Bill

Status

Introduced

4/1/2009

Primary Sponsor

Teresa Fedor

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Origin

Senate

128th General Assembly (2009-2010)

AI Summary

  • Amends Ohio Revised Code Section 5923.05 to grant firefighters and non-traditional workweek public employees up to 768 hours of annual military leave instead of the standard one month (176 hours).

  • Allows firefighters and other employees with non-40-hour workweeks to use military leave to cover an entire work shift if any part of that shift involves military service, rather than only the specific hours worked.

  • Defines "month" for non-traditional workweek employees as 408 hours per calendar year, or 768 hours annually if required to conduct two or three weeks of military training under AFORGEN or ARFORGEN models.

  • Permits political subdivisions to elect additional supplemental payments beyond the mandatory minimums for employees called to military service longer than one month due to presidential executive order or congressional action.

  • Requires employees to submit published military orders or written statements from military commanders to their appointing authority before receiving military leave credit.

Legislative Description

To grant annual military leave of up to 768 hours to firefighters and those other public employees who do not work a traditional workweek of 40 hours and to entitle firefighters and these public employees to use such leave to cover an entire work shift any part of which was used to perform military service.

Firefighters & nontraditional work-hour employees-expanded military leave

Last Action

To Insurance, Commerce, & Labor

4/1/2009

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