Ohio Code 4133.04 – Employer for purposes of workers’ compensation
(A) When a client employer enters into an alternate employer organization agreement with an alternate employer organization, the alternate employer organization is the employer of record and the succeeding employer for the purposes of determining a workers’ compensation experience rating pursuant to Chapter 4123 of the Revised Code.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4133.04
- Alternate 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 purposes of providing human resource management services and sharing employer responsibility and liability. See Ohio Code 4133.01
- Client employer: means a sole proprietor, partnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation that enters into an alternate employer organization agreement and shares employer responsibility and liability with the alternate employer organization. See Ohio Code 4133.01
- Worksite employee: means an individual assigned to a client employer on a permanent basis, not as a temporary supplement to the client employer's workforce, and who is employed by both an alternate employer organization and a client employer pursuant to an alternate employer organization agreement. See Ohio Code 4133.01
(B) Pursuant to Section 35 of Article II, Ohio Constitution, and section 4123.74 of the Revised Code, the exclusive remedy for a worksite employee to recover for injuries, diseases, or death incurred in the course of and arising out of the employment relationship against either the alternate employer organization or the client employer are those benefits provided under Chapters 4121. and 4123. of the Revised Code.