As you may recall, on May 2, Governor Kasich and BWC Administrator/CEO Buehrer announced a three-part plan designed to put money back into the pockets of hard-working Ohioans, improve worker safety, and bring up to date the Ohio BWC. BWC began printing these rebate checks this week and will continue printing and mailing the checks…
Ohio Governor John Kasich and the Ohio General Assembly have approved a new, two‐year state budgetthat includes significant state tax law changes designed to build on and accelerate the economic and job growth in Ohio over the past two years. The biennial budget period begins July 1, 2013. The tax law changes launched with this…
MIRA has discovered the Division of Weights and Measures both county and city are assessing fines for non-compliance of the Product Storage Identification. Product Storage Identification Rule The Fill Connection for any petroleum product storage tank or vessel supplying motor-fuel devices shall be permanently, plainly, and visibly marked as to product contained. When the Fill Connection…
Each year Ohio employers have the opportunity to participate in BWC’s Group-Experience-Rating Program or Group-Retrospective-Rating Program. While these programs are not required, they do provide you with an opportunity to significantly reduce your workers’ compensation premiums, while increasing your awareness of safety and risk-management strategies. Workplace safety is an important component of these programs. To…
BWC Announces Mandatory Group Sponsor Training DatesAs a group-experience or group-retrospective rating program sponsor for the January 1, 2013 public rating year or July 1, 2013 private rating year, your organization is required to attend annual training as per OAC 4123-17-68. You may select the one training date most convenient to you. The training will…
MIRA received a bulletin from the Michigan State Police through the Michigan Consumer Protection Division of the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development regarding the “tinfoil on the satellite receiver scheme” along with a “Situational Awareness Bulletin”. These fraud schemes have been migrating from the Southern states toward the North. Therefore MIRA members in…
Thousands of Ohio employers are receiving more than $9.4 million in rebates from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation for participating in one of 78 safety councils sponsored by the bureau. Employers can earn a 2 percent premium rebate for participating in a safety council and an additional 2 percent bonus by reducing either the…
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) recently approved some changes concerning the way they collect premium from businesses. Currently, companies pay workers’ compensation premium six-months in arrears. In other words, employers pay premiums after the six-month coverage period. For example, in February of 2014 businesses will pay premiums covering the period of July 2013…
Ohio Attorney General, Mike Dewine is pushing Kroger, Wal-Mart, Rite-Aid, Walgreens and other retailers with Pharmacies to voluntarily stop selling all tobacco products and follow the lead of CVS (Caremark) who announced they will no longer sell tobacco products. It was reported in the Columbus Dispatch; The State of Ohio must boost its efforts to…