BWC Board Meeting Monday to Discuss $5B Dividend

The board of directors for Ohio’s Bureau of Workers’ Compensation will meet at 10 a.m. Monday to vote on the governor’s proposal to issue $5 billion in dividends before the end of the year. Although the board has to approve the proposal, Gov. Mike DeWine and others during a press conference on Wednesday suggested the vote is something of a formality. The governor said he expects that the board is going to approve the dividend, and the administrator of the BWC said the agency was already making plans to ensure the latest round of dividend checks would get to employers before ...