Business Owners Given Final Chance to Pay Past-Due Premiums

Two business owners from Bellefontaine, Ohio, who owe about $78,000 in back premiums to the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation can avoid fines and jail time if they bring their BWC policies back into compliance this year, a municipal judge ruled June 12. Jason Brown, owner of trucking company Bolts Carriers LLC in Bellefontaine, pleaded no contest to two second-degree misdemeanor counts of failure to comply after BWC found that he defaulted on a reinstatement payment plan in September 2015. Before sentencing, Brown had paid about $1,900 toward his balance of more than $55,000. He ...