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...staff hearing officer or the commission fails to issue a decision or the commission fails to refuse to hear an appeal within the time periods required by this section, payments to a claimant shall cease until the staff hearing officer or commission issues a decision or hears the appeal, unless the failure was due to the fault or neglect of the employer or the employer agrees that the payments should continue for a lo...

...otify the employer that if the employer fails to become an active party to the appeal, then the administrator may act on behalf of the employer and the results of the appeal could have an adverse effect upon the employer's premium rates or may result in a recovery from the employer if the employer is determined to be a noncomplying employer under section 4123.75 of the Revised Code. (C) The attorney general or one...

...strator of workers' compensation over each case is continuing, and the commission may make such modification or change with respect to former findings or orders with respect thereto, as, in its opinion is justified. No modification or change nor any finding or award in respect of any claim shall be made with respect to disability, compensation, dependency, or benefits, after five years from the date of injury in the ...

...urt of common pleas, if upon deciding such appeal the commission or the court shall find that the employer appealed for the purpose of delay or other vexatious reason and without reasonable ground, the commission or the court may assess against the employer such sum not exceeding seven hundred and fifty dollars and not exceeding ten per cent of the total amount of the award in question as may be reasonable in the cir...

...f any person to whom a notice is mailed fails to receive the notice and the commission, upon hearing, determines that the failure was due to cause beyond the control and without the fault or neglect of such person or his representative and that such person or his representative did not have actual knowledge of the import of the information contained in the notice, such person may take the action afforded to such pers...

...ithstanding this section, an employee's failure to submit to a medical examination or vocational evaluation, or to complete and submit a vocational questionnaire, shall not result in the dismissal of the employee's claim. (D) Medical examinations scheduled under this section do not limit medical examinations provided for in other provisions of this chapter or Chapter 4121. of the Revised Code.

...her state. If the employee or dependent fails to withdraw or to refuse acceptance of the workers' compensation claim in the other jurisdiction within twenty-eight days after a request made by the administrator or a self-insuring employer, the administrator or self-insuring employer shall dismiss the employee's or employee's dependents' claim made in this state. (I) If an employee who is covered under the federal "L...

...ection with the injury giving rise to such entitlement, benefits under an act of congress or federal program providing benefits for civil defense workers and their survivors, the benefits payable hereunder, shall be reduced in proportion to the benefits received under such other act or program.

...or compensation or benefits under this chapter or Chapter 4121., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code shall not file a claim for the same injury, occupational disease, or death in another state under the workers' compensation laws of that state. Except as otherwise provided in division (H) of section 4123.54 of the Revised Code, an employee or the employee's dependents who receive a decision on the merits of a ...

...uous period of two weeks or more, in which event compensation for the first week of total disability, whenever it has occurred, shall be paid, in addition to any other weekly benefits which are due, immediately following the second week of total disability. There shall be no waiting period in connection with the disbursements provided by section 4123.66 of the Revised Code.

...f the claimant. If an employer provides supplemental sick leave benefits in addition to temporary total disability compensation paid under this section, and if the employer and an employee agree in writing to the payment of the supplemental sick leave benefits, temporary total disability benefits may be paid without an offset for those supplemental sick leave benefits. As used in this division, "net take-home weekl...

... by the district hearing officer unless supported by substantial evidence of new and changed circumstances developing since the time of the hearing on the original or last determination. No award shall be made under this division based upon a percentage of disability which, when taken with all other percentages of permanent disability, exceeds one hundred per cent. If the percentage of the permanent disability of t...

...dial rights of employees, all claims which have accrued prior to the effective date of this act, whether or not an application for claim has been filed, or whether or not jurisdiction has been established or whether or not an application for an award under divisions (A), (B), (C), or (D) of section 4123.57 of the Revised Code has been filed shall be governed by the provisions of 4123.57 of the Revised Code, as...

...rehabilitating activity. (G) If the industrial commission has adjudicated a claimant's application for compensation payable under this section for permanent total disability and issued a final order denying compensation for that application, the claimant shall present evidence of new and changed circumstances before the industrial commission may consider a subsequent application filed by the claimant for compensati...

...esumed to be wholly dependent for their support upon a deceased employee: (1) A surviving spouse who was living with the employee at the time of death or a surviving spouse who was separated from the employee at the time of death because of the aggression of the employee; (2) A child under the age of eighteen years, or twenty-five years if pursuing a full-time educational program while enrolled in an accredited edu...

...The administrator of workers' compensation may furnish quarterly, to the tax commissioner, in a format approved by the tax commissioner, a list containing the name and social security number of any person receiving spousal death benefits. Upon receipt of this list, the commissioner shall return to the administrator, in a format designed by the commissioner, information identifying any person listed by the administrat...

...respective claims upon the decedent for support, in compliance with the finding and direction of the administrator. In all cases of death where the dependents are a surviving spouse and one or more children, it is sufficient for the surviving spouse to apply to the administrator on behalf of the spouse and minor children. In cases where all the dependents are minors, a guardian or next friend of such minor dependent...

...riod of unemployment due to sickness, industrial depression, strike, lockout, or other cause beyond the employee's control shall be eliminated. In cases where there are special circumstances under which the average weekly wage cannot justly be determined by applying this section, the administrator of workers' compensation, in determining the average weekly wage in such cases, shall use such method as will enable the...

...n injured or disabled employee was of such age and experience when injured or disabled as that under natural conditions an injured or disabled employee's wages would be expected to increase, the administrator of workers' compensation may consider that fact in arriving at an injured or disabled employee's average weekly wage. (B) On each first day of January, the current maximum monthly benefit amounts provided in se...

...his employment in this state, and the industrial commission or the bureau of workers' compensation awards compensation therefor, it shall determine what part, if any, of the compensation is attributable to the injury or disease which the person sustained or suffered while in the service and what part of the compensation is attributable to the injury or occupational disease sustained or suffered in the course of and a...

... The administrator shall adopt rules which set forth the policy for awarding lump sum payments. The rules shall: (1) Enumerate the allowable purposes for payments and the conditions for making such awards; (2) Enumerate the maximum reduction in compensation allowable; (3) Enumerate the documentation necessary to award a lump-sum payment; (4) Require that all checks include the claimant as a payee, except wher...

...h that employer; (3) The employer has failed to comply with section 4123.35 of the Revised Code. If a claimant files an application without an employer's signature, and the employer still is doing business in this state, the administrator shall send written notice of the application to the employer immediately upon receipt of the application. If the employer fails to respond to the notice within thirty days after...

... any of the following of the employer's choice one time: (a) A physician; (b) A certified nurse midwife ; (c) A clinical nurse specialist; (d) A certified nurse practitioner. (2) The examination described in division (A)(1) of this section shall be for the purpose of any issue asserted by the employee or any of the practitioners listed in divisions (A)(1)(a) to (d) of this section of the employee's choice o...

...ayment therefor. In case an injury or industrial accident that injures an employee also causes damage to the employee's eyeglasses, artificial teeth or other denture, or hearing aid, or in the event an injury or occupational disease makes it necessary or advisable to replace, repair, or adjust the same, the bureau shall disburse and pay a reasonable amount to repair or replace the same. (B) The administrator, in th...

...ing under any award or finding of the industrial commission or bureau of workers' compensation, pursuant to this chapter, including claims for premiums, and any judgment recovered thereon shall first be paid out of the trust fund in preference to all other claims, except claims for taxes and the cost of administration, and with the same preference given to claims for taxes.