BWC Board Expands 2020 Dividend

The board of directors for the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation on Friday granted Gov. Mike DeWine’s request and expanded a 2020 dividend to include about 3,000 employers that didn’t meet eligibility requirements that year. The board approved an expansion making about $30 million available to businesses that weren’t eligible in 2020 because, through no fault of their own, they weren’t able to perform the 2019 true-up process in time. The true-up process requires employers to report actual payroll at the end of the policy year to ensure the accuracy of p...