Comp Program Must Follow Group-Retro Rules

The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the state Bureau of Workers’ Compensation must administer its group retrospective rating program for the 2018 policy year, despite having issued full premium refunds to employers during the COVID-19 pandemic. In State ex rel. Kent Elastomer Prods. Inc. v. McCloud, the court affirmed a lower court’s decision granting a limited writ of mandamus directing the bureau to apply its administrative rules and determine whether additional refunds or assessments are owed. The dispute arose after Kent Elastomer Products Inc.,...