OH HB647

Requires employers to provide paid leave at normal hourly rates to employees quarantined or isolated under orders from Ohio health boards, health commissioners, the Ohio Department of Health, or federal agencies including the CDC.

Employees must notify their employer within seven days of becoming quarantined or isolated, but failure to provide notice does not affect their legal remedies.

Prohibits employers from requiring quarantined or isolated employees to use accrued paid leave for time periods they are unable to work due to quarantine or isolation orders.

Bars employers from terminating, disciplining, demoting, or taking other adverse employment actions against employees for being quarantined/isolated or requesting quarantine or isolation pay.

Establishes complaint procedures with the Director of Job and Family Services and allows civil actions in court of common pleas, with remedies including reinstatement, back wages, restoration of benefits, damages, and injunctive relief.