4123-17-02 Basic or manual rate.

 

 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

 

The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, June 13, 2006, at 1:00 p.m., in Room E, 3rd Floor, 30 West Spring Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215, to consider the following:

 

Amendment of the following rules for the purposes as shown below: 4123-17-02       Basic or manual rate.

This rule change would transfer a predecessor's account (any and all BWC liabilities such as an accounts receivable balance, an advance deposit, or experience) to a successor employer when the successor takes over the entire operation or business of the predecessor employer. The rule change would ensure BWC collects any and all debt associated with a predecessor operation.

 

4123-17-07 Officers of corporations, partnerships and sole proprietorships, an individual incorporated as a corporation with no employees, family farm corporations, and ordained ministers.

 

This rule change states that the actual remuneration of an executive officer of a corporation (e.g., president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer) must be included in the payroll report of the corporation subject to a weekly minimum as well as a maximum.

 

4123-17-13       Rule controlling the making of the initial application for rating.

 

This rule change would allow BWC to require the employer to report and pay premium under the original (old) policy while retaining accounts receivable balance due and negative experience rating/rating plan. It would address the issues of evasion of accounts receivable obligations and evasion of a negative experience rating.

 

The full and complete text of the proposed rules is available at the Register of Ohio (http://www.registerofohio.state.oh.us) and is on file in the office of the Secretary of State (180 East Broad Street, 15th Floor, Columbus, Ohio), the Legislative Service Commission (77 South High Street, 9th Floor, Columbus, Ohio), the office of the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review (77 South High Street, Concourse Level, Columbus, Ohio), the Bureau of Workers' Compensation, Legal Operations (30 West Spring Street, 26th Floor, Columbus, Ohio), the Bureau of Workers' Compensation (30 West Spring Street, Columbus, Ohio, 1st Floor, Hearing Rooms), and all service offices of the Bureau.

 

All interested parties will be given an opportunity to be heard. Any interested party unable to attend the public hearing may submit written comments to the undersigned prior to the public hearing.

 

 

Tom Sico

Director, Legal Operations

Bureau of Workers' Compensation 30 West Spring Street, L-26 Columbus, Ohio 43215-2256

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