2010 Ohio Revised Code
Title [29] XXIX CRIMES - PROCEDURE
Chapter 2945: TRIAL
2945.451 Employer may not penalize employee for being subpoenaed to criminal proceeding.
2945.451 Employer may not penalize employee for being subpoenaed to criminal proceeding.
No employer shall discharge or terminate from employment, threaten to discharge or terminate from employment, or otherwise punish or penalize any employee because of time lost from regular employment as a result of the employee’s attendance at any proceeding in a criminal case pursuant to a subpoena. This section generally does not require and shall not be construed to require an employer to pay an employee for time lost as a result of attendance at any criminal proceeding. However, if an employee is subpoenaed to appear at a criminal proceeding and the proceeding pertains to an offense against the employer or an offense involving the employee during the course of his employment, the employer shall not decrease or withhold the employee’s pay for any time lost as a result of compliance with the subpoena. Any employer who knowingly violates this section is in contempt of court.
Effective Date: 09-26-1984
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