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...nt or classification of payroll upon which the premium under this chapter is based. Whoever violates this division shall be liable to the state in an amount determined by the administrator of workers' compensation for not more than ten times the amount of the difference between the premium paid and the amount the employer should have paid. The liability to the state under this division may be enforced in a civil a...

...ureau. (E) No private employer shall fail to furnish to the bureau the payroll report required by this section, nor shall any employer fail to keep records of or furnish such other information as may be required by the bureau under this section. (F) The administrator may adopt rules setting forth penalties for failure to submit the payroll report required by this section, including but not limited to exclusion f...

...other than the administrator or to the superior of such employee of the bureau. Notwithstanding the restrictions imposed by this section, the governor, select or standing committees of the general assembly, the auditor of state, the attorney general, or their designees, pursuant to the authority granted in this chapter and Chapter 4121. of the Revised Code, may examine any records, claim files, or papers in p...

...employer reported for the period for which the annual return is made pursuant to division (F)(3) of section 5747.07 of the Revised Code, for each employer contained on the administrator's list. Upon receipt of this list and request, the tax commissioner shall provide to the administrator, in a format designed by the tax commissioner, information identifying any employer listed by the administrator who reported compe...

...his section. Each day that an employer fails to file a report required by this section constitutes an additional day within the time period given to a claimant by the applicable statute of limitations for the filing of a claim based on the injury or occupational disease, provided that a failure to file a report shall not extend the applicable statute of limitations for more than two additional years.

...s to enter the program and the employer fails to pay a bill for a medical-only claim included in the program, the employer shall be liable for that bill and the employee for whom the employer failed to pay the bill shall not be liable for that bill. The administrator shall adopt rules to implement and administer division (A)(6) of this section. Upon written request from the bureau, the employer shall provide document...

...ter within sixty days of the date on which an employer files the request, protest, or petition. An employer desiring to file a request, protest, or petition regarding any matter specified in divisions (B)(1) to (7) of this section shall file the request, protest, or petition to the adjudicating committee on or before twenty-four months after the administrator sends notice of the determination about which the employer...

...obtained that coverage. If an employer fails to pay the employer's premium for other-states' coverage, the administrator shall consider the employer to be noncompliant for the purposes of having other-states' coverage and the employer's premiums in this state for any and all noncompliant periods of time shall be calculated in the same manner as otherwise required under division (A) of section 4123.29 and secti...

...r the investigation and prevention of industrial accidents and diseases pursuant to Section 35 of Article II, Ohio Constitution, any amounts set aside for actuarial services authorized or required by sections 4123.44 and 4123.47 of the Revised Code, and any amounts set aside to reinsure the liability of the respective insurance funds for the following payments, constitute a trust fund for the benefit of employers and...

...pensation fund group. The moneys from each fund shall be disbursed respectively pursuant to vouchers approved by the administrator of workers' compensation or the administrator's designee, or by the chairperson of the commission or the chairperson's designee. The bureau and the commission shall provide for the custody, safekeeping, and deposit of all moneys, checks, and drafts received by the bureau or commission or...

...agent to do both of the following: (a) Supply debit cards for claimants to access payments made to them pursuant to this chapter and Chapters 4121., 4127., and 4131. of the Revised Code; (b) Credit the debit cards described in division (A)(3)(a) of this section with the amounts specified by the administrator pursuant to this chapter and Chapters 4121., 4127., and 4131. of the Revised Code by utilizing direct d...

... of the following: (1) If an employer fails to file a report of the employer's actual payroll expenditures pursuant to section 4123.26 of the Revised Code for private employers or pursuant to section 4123.41 of the Revised Code for public employers, the premium and assessments due from the employer for the period shall be calculated based on the estimated payroll of the employer used in calculating the estimated pr...

...cy of the fund, the board may return such excess surplus to the subscribers to the fund in either the form of cash refunds or a reduction of premiums, regardless of when the premium obligations have accrued.

...shment of penalties for late payment or failure to comply with the rules. (B) For purposes of division (A)(3) of this section, an employer shall make timely payment of any premium owed when actual payroll expenditures exceeded estimated payroll, and the employer shall receive premium credit when the estimated payroll exceeded the actual payroll. (C) For purposes of division (A)(4) of this section, if the employer's...

... section, a payment required under this chapter or Chapter 4121. of the Revised Code, including a payment due for purposes of continuing coverage, is due on the date specified in those chapters, unless otherwise provided in a rule adopted by the administrator of workers' compensation, with the advice and consent of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors. (B) For purposes of collection referrals...

...ent, that establish conditions under which any negative experience to be transferred to the account of an employer who is successor in interest under division (B) of section 4123.32 of the Revised Code may be reduced or waived. (B) The administrator, in adopting rules under division (A) of this section, may not permit a waiver or reduction in experience transfer if the succession transaction is entered into for the...

...ng an employer to protection under this chapter for a period of less than one year, the administrator may, upon such conditions as are just and for such premium as the facts require, grant to the employer a certificate for the length of time the administrator designates in the certificate.

...ss prevention program prescribed by the superintendent of the division of safety and hygiene and conducted by the division or by any other person approved by the superintendent. (E)(1) In determining the premium rates for the construction industry the administrator shall calculate the employers' premiums based upon the actual remuneration construction industry employees receive from construction industry employers,...

...nd expenses that are incident to the discharge of the duties and performance of the activities of the industrial commission, the board, and the bureau under this chapter and Chapters 4121., 4125., 4127., 4133., and 4167. of the Revised Code, and all such costs shall be borne by the state and by other employers amenable to this chapter as follows: (A) In addition to the contribution required of the state under secti...

...attributable to the activities of the industrial commission and those costs solely attributable to the activities of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, and the bureau of workers' compensation in respect of the class, allocating to any combination of classes those costs attributable to the activities of the industrial commission, board, or bureau in respect of the classes, and allocating to all fo...

...tal or due to an injury or disease of such character that the impairment constitutes an impediment in obtaining employment or would constitute an impediment in obtaining reemployment if the employee should become unemployed and whose disability is due to any of the following diseases or conditions: (1) Epilepsy; (2) Diabetes; (3) Cardiac disease; (4) Arthritis; (5) Amputated foot, leg, arm, or hand; (6) L...

...sition of any premium increase or any change in the experience of such an institution of higher education until after the conclusion of any subrogation claims that are brought by the Administrator in relation to those deaths and injuries.

...e that prohibits the administrator from charging any amount with respect to a claim for compensation or benefits under this chapter or Chapters 4121., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code to an employer's experience if both of the following apply: (1) The employer provides work-based learning experiences for students enrolled in a career-technical education program approved under section 3317.161 of the Revised Cod...

...ers' compensation or the construction industry, or both. The ombudsperson shall perform all of the following duties: (1) Communicate with and provide information to employees who are injured in the course of, or whose injury arises out of employment on the construction project, or who contract an occupational disease in the course of employment on the construction project; (2) Investigate the status of a claim up...

...he Revised Code or to regulation by the superintendent of insurance. (C) If a self-insuring employer defaults, the bureau shall recover the amounts paid as a result of the default from the self-insuring employers' guaranty fund. If a self-insuring employer defaults and is in compliance with this section for the payment of contributions to the fund, such self-insuring employer is entitled to the immunity conferred by...