Ohio Code 4133.11 – Occupational licensing laws
Nothing in this chapter exempts an alternate employer organization, client employer, or worksite employee from any applicable federal, state, or local licensing, registration, or certification statutes or regulations. An individual required to obtain and maintain a license, registration, or certification under law and who is a worksite employee of an alternate employer organization and a client employer is an employee of the client employer for purposes of obtaining and maintaining the appropriate license, registration, or certification as required by law. An alternate employer organization does not engage in any occupation, trade, or profession that requires a license, certification, or registration solely by entering into an alternate employer organization agreement with a client employer or employing a worksite employee.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4133.11
- 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
- Alternate employer organization agreement: means a written contract between a client employer and an alternate employer organization to provide human resource management services and to share employer responsibilities and liabilities. 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
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
- 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
A client employer shall have the sole right of direction and control of the professional or licensed activities of worksite employees and of the client employer’s business. The worksite employees and client employers shall remain subject to regulation by the board, commission, or agency responsible for licensing, registration, or certification of the worksite employees or client employers.