When an employee sustains an injury on the job, one of two scenarios will play out. For minor incidents, the employee may simply obtain first aid at the workplace. However, in more serious cases the employee will need to seek medical treatment from a doctor or medical facility. Assisting your employees with selecting a medical […]
Commentary From CareWorks Medical Director Dr. Chrisanne Gordon, MD “Listen to the patient, they will tell you the diagnosis.” These words of wisdom spoken from Sir William Osler often fall on deaf ears as today’s physicians work from computer screens and ask pre-ordained questions for the brief examination allotted for office efficiency and maximum payment. […]
Maximum unemployment tax rates increased from 6% to 9.4%. This includes the additional 0.6% mutual rate charged to all tax contributing experienced rated employers to pay off the remaining balance of the Federal Unemployment loan. Employers continue to pay unemployment taxes on the first $9,000 of each employee’s payroll, unless they are exempt from this […]
February is a “deadline-free” month, but please keep these upcoming dates in mind: February 2, 2017 was the deadline to post your OSHA 300 log, if this applies to your business. (Questions about your OSHA log requirements? Please contact Jim Wirth at 614.827.0370, or jim.wirth@careworkscomp.com.) March 31, 2017 is the deadline to complete the annual […]
Last month, Vorys, in partnership with the Council, hosted a webinar on what the Council’s members, as employers, should know about Ohio’s medical marijuana law. The attendees heard from Vorys lawyers Andy Kaplan and Mike Griffaton. Lora Miller, the Council’s director of governmental affairs & public relations, also co-presented on the topic. If you couldn’t […]
On January 30th, Governor Kasich summarized his proposed two-year budget. Relative to municipal net profit taxes, the Administration wants the Ohio Department of Taxation (department) to administrator the municipal net profits tax going forward as opposed to the roughly 600 cities that currently administer the tax. Thus business taxpayers will file a single net profits […]
