Emergency Ordinance No. 0141-2020 (COVID-19 Job Protections)

The record

Jurisdiction

City of Cincinnati, Ohio · Cincinnati · Ohio

Level

City

Authority

Ohio Const. Art. XVIII sec. 3 (recited); Charter Art. II sec. 6

Issued

2020-05-13 May 13, 2020

Effective

2020-05-13 (effective immediately) (read as 2020-05-13)

End

codified (no sunset) (read as 2021-09-30)

In force

May 13, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolation

Addressees

• every Employer with at least one Covered Employee in Cincinnati

Functions reached

• WF workforce (compelled absence under quarantine and isolation orders; employer may not backfill by termination)
• HR
• OP

Collection

Cincinnati MET-CIN

Operative words

Section 2. That an Employer shall not demote, terminate, or take adverse employment action against a Covered Employee for obeying an order issued by the Mayor, the Governor of Ohio, the Ohio Department of Health, or the Cincinnati Health Commissioner or the Cincinnati Board of Health, or in the case of subsections (a) or (b) below, a treating healthcare provider, requiring the Covered Employee to: (a) Remain at home while experiencing COVID-19 symptoms or sick with COVID-19... (b) Obey a quarantine order issued to the Covered Employee; (c) Obey an isolation order issued to the Covered Employee, including without limitation an order issued as a result of contact tracing.

Enforcement

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