OH SB13

Allows individuals who leave work or are discharged due to circumstances directly resulting from domestic abuse to receive unemployment compensation benefits if they reasonably fear future abuse at the workplace, need to relocate, or reasonably believe leaving is necessary for safety of themselves or their family.

Establishes "compelling family circumstances" as grounds for unemployment benefits eligibility, including separation due to personal illness/disability, immediate family member's illness/disability, or spouse's job relocation requiring the claimant to move out of commuting distance.

Creates training extension benefits allowing individuals who exhausted regular unemployment benefits to receive up to 26 additional weeks if involuntarily separated due to permanent reduction in operations or declining occupation, enrolled in an approved training program, and training leads to high-demand occupations.

Requires the director of job and family services to keep domestic abuse documentation confidential unless the claimant provides written consent for disclosure, and to notify claimants of training enrollment deadlines.

Establishes the Unemployment Modernization Review Task Force composed of the Unemployment Compensation Advisory Council plus two minority party legislators, with a report due by December 31, 2012 on the effects of these amendments.