To amend sections 4141.31 and 4141.312 of the Revised Code to eliminate the reduction in the amount of a claimant's unemployment compensation benefits by the amount the claimant concurrently receives in specified military benefits.

Section 1. That sections 4141.31 and 4141.312 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 4141.31.  (A) Benefits otherwise payable for any week shall be reduced by the amount of remuneration or other payments a claimant receives with respect to such week as follows:

(1) Remuneration in lieu of notice;

(2) Compensation for wage loss under division (B) of section 4123.56 of the Revised Code or a similar provision under the workers' compensation law of any state or the United States;

(3) Payments in the form of retirement, or pension allowances as provided under section 4141.312 of the Revised Code;

(4) Remuneration Except as otherwise provided in division (D) of this section, remuneration in the form of separation or termination pay paid to an employee at the time of the employee's separation from employment;

(5) Vacation pay or allowance payable under the terms of a labor-management contract or agreement, or other contract of hire, which payments are allocated to designated weeks.

If payments under this division are paid with respect to a month then the amount of remuneration deemed to be received with respect to any week during such month shall be computed by multiplying such monthly amount by twelve and dividing the product by fifty-two. If there is no designation of the period with respect to which payments to an individual are made under this section then an amount equal to such individual's normal weekly wage shall be attributed to and deemed paid with respect to the first and each succeeding week following the individual's separation or termination from the employment of the employer making the payment until such amount so paid is exhausted.

If benefits for any week, when reduced as provided in this division, result in an amount not a multiple of one dollar, such benefits shall be rounded to the next lower multiple of one dollar.

Any payment allocated by the employer or the director of job and family services to weeks under division (A)(1), (4), or (5) of this section shall be deemed to be remuneration for the purposes of establishing a qualifying week and a benefit year under divisions (O)(1) and (R) of section 4141.01 of the Revised Code.

(B) Benefits payable for any week shall not be reduced by the amount of remuneration a claimant receives with respect to such week in the form of drill or reserve pay received by a member of the Ohio national guard or the armed forces reserve for attendance at a regularly scheduled drill or meeting.

(C) No benefits shall be paid for any week with respect to which or a part of which an individual has received or is seeking unemployment benefits under an unemployment compensation law of any other state or of the United States, provided the disqualifications shall not apply if the appropriate agency of such other state or of the United States finally determines that an individual is not entitled to such unemployment benefits. A law of the United States providing any payment of any type and in any amounts for periods of unemployment due to lack of work shall be considered an unemployment compensation law of the United States.

(D) Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, benefits otherwise Benefits payable for any week shall not be reduced by payments that were made the amount of military severance, disability, or separation pay paid to an individual on or after August 1, 1991, pursuant to "The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993," Public Law 102-190, 105 Stat. 1394, 1396, 10 U.S.C.A. 1174a, 1175, in the form of voluntary separation incentive payments and special separation pay who is a former member of the armed forces of the United States.

Sec. 4141.312.  (A) Except as otherwise specified in division (B) of this section, the amount of benefits payable to a claimant for any week with respect to which the claimant is receiving a governmental or other pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity or any other similar periodic payment which is based on the previous work of the individual, shall be reduced by an amount equal to the amount of the pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity or other payment which is reasonably attributable to that week, except that the requirements for this division shall apply to any pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity, or other similar periodic payment only if both of the following apply:

(1) The payment is under a plan maintained or contributed to by a base period employer or chargeable employer.

(2) In the case of a payment under a plan not made under the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 401 et seq., or the "Railroad Retirement Act of 1974," 45 U.S.C. 231 et seq., or the corresponding provisions of prior law, services performed for such employer by the individual after the beginning of the base period, or remuneration for such services, affect eligibility for, or increase the amount of, such pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity, or similar payment.

(B) The amount of any disability pension, allowance, or payment paid to former members of the armed forces of the United States which is based on the nature and extent of the disability rather than a prior period of employment or service, shall not reduce or be deducted from the weekly benefits payable.

(C) If a claimant has made a contribution to social security pursuant to the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 401 et seq., and that claimant is receiving a retirement payment pursuant to that act, the claimant's weekly benefit shall not be reduced by the amount of that retirement payment because the claimant contributed to social security.

Section 2. That existing sections 4141.31 and 4141.312 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.