Crime Victim Leave Handbook Statement: Ohio

Eligible employees who are crime victims or family members of crime victims may take time off from work to participate, upon the prosecutor's request, in preparation for a criminal or delinquency proceeding; for attending such a proceeding where attendance is reasonably necessary to protect a crime victim's interests; or for attending such a proceeding if the victim's attendance is pursuant to a victim's constitutional and statutory rights.

Employees are eligible for time off under this policy if they are: (1) the victim of the crime at issue in the proceeding; (2) the spouse, child, stepchild, sibling, parent, stepparent, grandparent or