2006 Ohio Revised Code - 5903.01. Definitions.

§ 5903.01. Definitions.
 

As used in sections 5903.01 and 5903.02 of the Revised Code: 

(A) "Permanent public employee" means any person holding a position in public employment that requires working a regular schedule of twenty-six consecutive biweekly pay periods, or any other regular schedule of comparable consecutive pay periods, which is not limited to a specific season or duration. "Permanent public employee" does not include student help; intermittent, seasonal, or external interim employees; or individuals covered by personal services contracts. 

(B) "Public employment" means employment by the state, or any county, municipal corporation, or other civil or political subdivision, including any department or agency thereof. 

(C) "Public employer" means any government, department, or agency mentioned in division (B) of this section. 

(D) "Position" means employment, full-time, part-time, probationary, or otherwise, held at the time of entrance into the uniformed services, but does not include temporary or casual employment or an office filled by election. 

(E) "Permanent private employee" means any person holding a position with a private employer. 

(F) "Private employer" means any person, institution, organization, or other entity that is not a public employer and that pays salary or wages for work performed or that has control over employment opportunities. 

(G) "Service in the uniformed services" means the performance of duty, on a voluntary or involuntary basis, in a uniformed service, under competent authority, and includes active duty, active duty for training, initial active duty for training, inactive duty for training, full-time national guard duty, and performance of duty or training by a member of the Ohio organized militia pursuant to Chapter 5923. of the Revised Code. "Service in the uniformed services" includes also the period of time for which a person is absent from a position of public or private employment for the purpose of an examination to determine the fitness of the person to perform any duty described in this division. 

(H) "Uniformed services" means the armed forces, the Ohio organized militia when engaged in active duty for training, inactive duty training, or full-time national guard duty, the commissioned corps of the public health service, and any other category of persons designated by the president of the United States in time of war or emergency. 
 

HISTORY: GC § 5266-1; 124 v 81; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-1-53; 145 v S 172 (Eff 9-29-94); 147 v S 130. Eff 9-18-97.