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Rep. Demetrio proposes waiver of job-search rule for weather-related temporary layoffs
Summary
Rep. Demetrio told the House Public Insurance and Pensions Committee that House Bill 726 would let the director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services waive the weekly active job-search requirement for workers temporarily laid off because of winter weather, for up to 17 weeks between Dec. 1 and March 31 when employers document a return-to-work date.
Representative Demetrio presented House Bill 726 to the House Public Insurance and Pensions Committee as a narrow, workforce-focused fix to what he called a gap in Ohio’s unemployment system. He said the bill would allow the director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) to waive the active work-search requirement for employees temporarily laid off because weather makes their jobs impossible to perform, for up to 17 weeks between Dec. 1 and March 31 when an employer notifies the state and supplies a documented return-to-work date.
"This bill simply acknowledges the realities of seasonal employment in Ohio," Representative…
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