In a 457 account, like Ohio DC, you can withdraw your funds, penalty-free, after terminating employment with your employer. Is there a penalty for withdrawing before age 59½?How does my participation in Ohio DC affect my taxes? Your money is available when you separate from your employer. Ohio Deferred Compensation is a supplemental 457(b) retirement plan for all Ohio public employees. It provides participants with educational tools. Having to pay out of pocket to a defendant, thus rendering the penalty under the rule without consequence; and. Provisions in section 11–202 of the District of Columbia Code, 1940 ed. , and section 213 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed.