For purposes of a bid, contract, purchase order, or agreement entered into with the state or any political subdivision, a client employer‘s status or certification as a small, minority-owned, disadvantaged, or woman-owned business enterprise or as a historically underutilized business shall not be affected as a result of the client employer entering into a professional employer organization agreement or using the services of a professional employer organization.

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Terms Used In Ohio Code 4125.11

  • Client employer: means a sole proprietor, partnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation that enters into a professional employer organization agreement and is assigned shared employees by the professional employer organization. See Ohio Code 4125.01
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Professional employer organization: means a sole proprietor, partnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation that enters into an agreement with one or more client employers for the purpose of coemploying all or part of the client employer's workforce at the client employer's work site. See Ohio Code 4125.01
  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59