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Ohio Addendum

Equal Employment and Anti-Harassment

This is only a state-specific excerpt. Refer to the complete policy for more information.

Hope is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions based on merit and College needs. Creating an inclusive and professional environment where employees feel comfortable, safe, and free from inappropriate and disrespectful conduct is one of the College’s core values.

Hope does not discriminate against (in any aspect of employment, including recruiting and hiring, job assignment, compensation, opportunities for advancement, promotion, transfers, evaluation, benefits, training, discipline, and termination), nor does it tolerate harassment by any person, including, co-workers, supervisors, and third parties, on the basis of the following Protected Characteristics: race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military status, national origin, disability, age (40 and older), and ancestry.

Where can employees report discrimination or sexual harassment outside of Hope?

Information about the Ohio Civil Rights Commission can be found at or by calling 888-278-7101.

Military Leave

This is only a state-specific excerpt. Refer to the complete policy for more information.

Permanent employees whose family members are members of state uniformed services, including, but not limited to, the National Guard, Space Force, and State Militia, or any State Defense Force are eligible for leave under this policy. Specific rules and exceptions are as follows:

Ohio employees are eligible for leave under the Ohio Military Family Leave Act (OMFLA) if they have worked for Hope for 12 consecutive months before the leave and they have worked at least 1,250 hours during those 12 months. OMFLA leave is limited to employees that are parents, spouses, or current or former legal guardians of a person in uniformed service who has been called to active duty for more than 30 days or has been injured, wounded, or hospitalized while serving on active duty. "Uniformed services" includes: (1) the armed forces; (2) the Ohio organized militia when engaged in full-time National Guard duty; (3) commissioned corps of the public health service; and (4) any other categories of people designated by the U.S. President in a time of war or emergency. Hope may require an employee to provide certification from the appropriate military authority to verify that the leave requested qualifies for leave under the OMFLA.

Employees whose family members are service members may be eligible to take leave under the FMLA or applicable state law, including:

Eligible Ohio employees may take the lesser of 10 days or 80 hours of unpaid time off for any reason when the employee’s child, spouse, or ward who is in the uniformed services has been called to active duty for more than 30 days or was injured, wounded, or hospitalized while serving on active duty.

Employees are subject to the following notice requirements:

Ohio employees that are eligible for military family leave under the OMFLA must give at least 14 days’ notice before taking leave related to an active-duty deployment or at least 2 days’ notice before taking leave because a service member is injured, wounded, or hospitalized. No notice is required if the injury to the service member is critical or life-threatening.