The Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review (“JCARR”) by a vote of 9 to 1 on December 3, 2007 found that the Ohio Civil Right Commission’s (“OCRC”) rule summary and fiscal analysis for the Proposed Pregnancy Leave Regulations was incomplete and inadequate.  JCARR ordered that the OCRC revise the rule summary and fiscal analysis and re-file the analysis after March 2, 2008.  After the OCRC files the revised rule summary, JCARR will review the proposed regulations to determine if they exceed the scope of the OCRC’s statutory authority or conflict with the intent of the legislature in enacting the Ohio Civil Rights Act.  The proposed regulations cannot become effective unless and until the proposed regulations successfully make it through this process.
 
For more information about the proposed regulations, click here to read the Taft summary of the proposed regulations first posted on October 30, 2007.