State ex rel. Newman v. Industrial Commission

Francis E. Sweeney, Sr., J.

This court must decide whether customer companies of temporary service agencies are “employers” subject to claims for violations of specific safety requirements. For the following reasons, we find that they are employers for purposes of VSSR claims. Accordingly, we affirm the court of appeals’ judgment which issued a writ of mandamus ordering the Industrial Commission to consider appellees’ VSSR claims.

Section 35, Article II of the Ohio Constitution provides for the granting of an additional award over and above the standard workers’ compensation benefits where the…