4123.452 No compensation for injury sustained in ridesharing arrangement. - Ohio Statutes

4123.452 No compensation for injury sustained in ridesharing arrangement.

As used in this section, “ridesharing arrangement” means the transportation of persons in a motor vehicle where such transportation is incidental to another purpose of a volunteer driver and includes ridesharing arrangements known as carpools, vanpools, and buspools.

No compensation shall be allowed under this chapter for any employee injured while participating in a ridesharing arrangement between his place of residence and place of employment or termini near such places. Any injury occurring while an employee is voluntarily participating in a ridesharing arrangement is not considered occurring in the course of employment.

Effective Date: 07-01-1982