Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
(A) A "work program" is:
(1) Any shop, department, work detail or
labor assignment under the direction of the department of rehabilitation and
correction, established for the purpose of industrial or agricultural
production, or for the maintenance and operation of the institution or the
department;
(2) Any work detail
created by contract with the state of Ohio, the political subdivisions of the
state and the public institutions of the state; or
(3) Any training, apprenticeship or
educational assignment approved by the department of rehabilitation and
correction.
(B) Inmate
labor opportunities and job assignments fall within the following categories:
(1) "Inmate labor assignment" means any work
assignment for which an inmate is responsible, not including educational and
vocational training.
(2) "Private
employment" may include programs, work release programs or private employment
inside an institution.
(3) "OPI
assignments" include any labor performed under the supervision of Ohio penal
industries (hereinafter referred to in this chapter as "OPI") employees, in the
shops equipped by OPI or pursuant to any written or unwritten agreement of OPI
and any governmental agency or private person or business entity. "OPI
assignments" may include labor performed outside of an institution authorized
as a "special labor release" pursuant to rule
5120-3-07 of the Administrative
Code.
(4) "Work program
assignments" is an assignment of duties within a work program which include all
types of inmate labor not otherwise specified in this paragraph, whether it is
related to the physical operation or located on the property of the
institution, including special labor assignments authorized under rule
5120-3-07 of the Administrative
Code.
(C) The "work
program assignment committee" is any committee so designated by the managing
officer of the institution.,
Committees
are responsible for the initial
assignment of inmates to work programs. This committee may also be referred to
as "WPAC," and shall be responsible for reviewing and deciding all proposed
changes in work program assignments for the institution.
(D) A "table of organization" is a fixed
number of permanent work assignments based on the requirements of each program
in an institution. Each institution
may have a written table of organization as
established by the chief of industries or designee. This table of organization
may change periodically, with the approval of the managing officer, as
production requirements and programming needs change.
(E) A "full-time assignment"
is not
less than one hundred forty hours per
month.
(F) A "part time" or
"temporary assignment" includes only those hours necessary to complete the
assignment.
(G) A "job grade"
refers to the skill or responsibility level required of a particular full-time
work assignment. Job grades include:
(1)
"Apprenticeship assignments," which are those assignments that exceed the
established table of organization and that offer a period of training while
awaiting a full-time assignment;
(2) "General labor assignments," which
include jobs requiring a low level of skill, limited use of tools and minimal
training or experience;
(3)
"Semi-skilled assignments," which include those jobs requiring some training or
experience, operation of nontechnical equipment or machinery, serving as a
helper or relief for a skilled worker, or a medium degree of responsibility;
or
(4) "Skilled assignments," which
include those jobs requiring a high degree of training or experience, operation
of complex equipment or machinery, repair of complex equipment or machinery, or
other highly responsible duties.
(H) A "job coordinator" is an individual
designated by the managing officer of each institution, whose function is to
facilitate the implementation of this chapter of the Administrative
Code.