2011 Ohio Revised Code
Title [41] XLI LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Chapter 4117: PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
4117.105 [Enactment subject to referendum; See note] Privitization or subcontracting of services; prohibited provisions within agreements.

Notwithstanding any provision of section 4117.08 or 4117.10 of the Revised Code to the contrary, no agreement entered into or renewed under this chapter on or after the effective date of this section shall contain any provision that in any way prohibits a public employer from entering into a contract with another public or private sector entity to privatize the public employer’s services or the contracting out of the public employer’s work. No such agreement shall contain any provisions that cause the public employer to do any of the following:

(A) Retain existing employees as employees of the public employer if their work is privatized or subcontracted to another entity;

(B) Pay any additional payments to employees who may be laid off as the result of such privatization or subcontracting, except for payments for accumulated time or leave credits that would normally be paid by the public employer to any other employee who is laid off for reasons other than the subcontracting or privatization of their work.

Any provision inconsistent with this section that is contained in an agreement entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of this section is void and unenforceable.

Added by 129th General Assembly File No. 10, SB 5, § 1. This enacment is subject to referendum in the Nov. 8, 2011 election.

See 129th General Assembly File No. 10, SB 5, §4.

The enactment of this section by 129th General Assembly File No. 10, SB 5, § 1 has been made subject to referendum in the upcoming November, 2011 election.