4123.452 No compensation for injury sustained in ridesharing arrangement.

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