Each public employee shall:

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Terms Used In Ohio Code 4167.05

  • Public employee: means any individual who engages to furnish services subject to the direction and control of a public employer, including those individuals working for a private employer who has contracted with a public employer and over whom the national labor relations board has declined jurisdiction. See Ohio Code 4167.01
  • Public employer: means any of the following:

    (1) The state and its instrumentalities;

    (2) Any political subdivisions and their instrumentalities, including any county, county hospital, municipal corporation, city, village, township, park district, school district, state institution of higher learning, public or special district, state agency, authority, commission, or board;

    (3) Any other branch of public employment not mentioned in division (A)(1) or (2) of this section. See Ohio Code 4167.01

(A) Comply with Ohio employment risk reduction standards, rules, and orders adopted or issued pursuant to this chapter which are applicable to the public employee’s actions and conduct;

(B) Comply with safety rules the public employer establishes for the purpose of fulfilling compliance with Ohio employment risk reduction standards, rules, or orders adopted or issued pursuant to this chapter. All such rules the public employer adopts shall be reasonable as determined in accordance with the purposes and objectives of this chapter.