2011 Ohio Revised Code
Title [41] XLI LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Chapter 4117: PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
4117.26 [Enactment subject to referendum; See note] Public employer report.

(A) As used in this section, “compensation” means wages, salary, and other earnings paid to a public employee by reason of employment. “Compensation” includes all of the following that are provided by a public employer to a public employee:

(1) Allowances for food or drink;

(2) Allowances or stipends for clothing;

(3) Compensation in addition to base salary for labor performed or services rendered by the public employee, including any additional compensation paid for attending an event that occurs outside the public employee’s normal work schedule;

(4) Payments for length of service;

(5) Allowances for dry cleaning services;

(6) Insurance coverage, including health insurance, vision insurance, dental insurance, disability insurance, or life insurance;

(7) Anything of value given to a public employee by a public employer for labor performed or services rendered by the public employee that is not generally offered to any of the public employer’s employees that are not subject to a collective bargaining agreement, unless they are de minimis.

(B) Beginning with the first collective bargaining agreement entered into on or after the effective date of this section between a public employer and an exclusive representative that represents public employees employed by the public employer, and for each collective bargaining agreement entered into thereafter, the public employer shall issue a report that lists all of the following:

(1) Each provision in the collective bargaining agreement that affects the compensation paid by the public employer to the public employer’s public employees;

(2) A description of the changes in compensation paid to the public employer’s public employees that are not addressed in the collective bargaining agreement but will occur during the time period the collective bargaining agreement is in effect;

(3) Any material terms of the agreement.

(C) Not more than thirty days after a public employer and the exclusive representative enter into the collective bargaining agreement, the public employer shall submit the report required under division (B) of this section to the state employment relations board and post a copy of the report in a conspicuous manner on the web site maintained by the public employer. Upon receipt of a report from a public employer, the board shall post a copy of the report in a conspicuous manner on the web site maintained by the board. If a public employer does not maintain a web site, then the public employer shall provide copies of the report to two newspapers of general circulation, as defined in section 5721.01 of the Revised Code, in the county in which the public employer is located. If the public employer is located in more than one county, then the public employer shall provide copies of the report to newspapers of general circulation in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, and Toledo.

(D)(1) If a change in compensation is to occur during the time period a collective bargaining agreement is in effect and that change was not included in the report described in division (B) of this section, or if the public employer and an exclusive representative enter into a modified collective bargaining agreement during that time period, the public employer shall do all of the following:

(a) Update the report described in division (B) of this section;

(b) Submit the updated report to the board not less than five days prior to the date the change or modified agreement is to take effect;

(c) Post the updated report in a conspicuous manner on the web site maintained by the public employer not less than five days prior to the date the change or modified agreement is to take effect.

(2) Upon receipt of an updated report under division (D)(1) of this section, the board shall post a copy of the report in a conspicuous manner on the web site maintained by the board.

Added by 129th General Assembly File No. 10, SB 5, § 1. This enactment 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.