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After over 25 years of proposals and negotiations among key stakeholders including Ohio employers and their supporting associations, the Ohio plaintiffs’ employment law bar, and various employee-rights advocates on December 22, 2020, the Ohio General Assembly passed sweeping reforms to the state’s employment discrimination statute, R.C. Chapter 4112. Ohio Governor Michael DeWine signed the new legislation on January 12, 2021. The law goes into effect on April 15, 2021, which is 90 days after the governor delivered the signed bill to the secretary of state.
Ohio’s Employment Law Uniformity Act (H.B. 352) finally curbs judicial lawmaking, which necessarily has occurred since 1991 regarding Chapter 4112. The most substantial revisions affecting Ohio employers include: