Ohio House Bill 268, introduced June 12, 2017, proposes allowing self-insured employers to contract with private insurers to indemnify them against their workers’ compensation liability. The legislation also eliminates prohibitions currently in place against insurance companies representing employers in the settlement, adjudication, or payment of claims. Lastly, the legislation proposes establishing an additional self-insured employers’ … Continue reading Is Ohio Testing The Waters Of Private Workers’ Compensation Insurance?
Category: Workers Compensation
Industrial Commission Guidance On Voluntary Abandonment Of Employment
The Industrial Commission of Ohio recently updated the guidance it gives hearing officers regarding the issue of voluntary abandonment of employment. Memo D5 breaks down the three situations in which Ohio courts have found that injured workers “voluntarily abandoned” their employment and were therefore not entitled to temporary total disability (“TTD”) compensation. Industrial Commission Memo … Continue reading Industrial Commission Guidance On Voluntary Abandonment Of Employment
It Happened At Work…Why Isn’t It A Workers’ Compensation Claim?
Most people assume that any injury that occurs at work always results in a compensable workers’ compensation claim. While that’s true the overwhelming majority of the time, it isn’t always the case in Ohio. As Ohio’s Second Appellate District Court noted last week in White v. Buehrer, 2nd Dist. Montgomery No. 27295, 2017-Ohio-8254, one exception … Continue reading It Happened At Work…Why Isn’t It A Workers’ Compensation Claim?
Ohio Puts The Brakes On Plan To Raid The Bureau Of Workers’ Compensation Budget
The Ohio Chamber of Commerce just reported on the introduction of Senate Bill 8 in the Ohio Legislature. All For Ohio Blog The Bill removes provisions in the state budget bill that would have allowed the Office of Management and Budget to transfer up to 2% of the Bureau of Workers' Compensation and Industrial Commission budgets to … Continue reading Ohio Puts The Brakes On Plan To Raid The Bureau Of Workers’ Compensation Budget
Two Recent Examples Of Why You Need To Consider The ADA & FMLA
Two recent cases serve as a reminder of why those in the workers’ compensation profession need to be mindful of both the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). In Zuber v Boscov’s, decided September 11, 2017, http://bit.ly/2AySIuH, the United States Third Circuit Court of Appeals allowed an FMLA … Continue reading Two Recent Examples Of Why You Need To Consider The ADA & FMLA
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