Member Benefits

Save Significantly on Your Workers’ Compensation Premium

Did you know that many alternative discounts are available to help reduce your annual Ohio workers’ compensation costs? Through the Sedgwick workers’ compensation program, your organization can significantly reduce your workers’ compensation costs through a variety of alternative rating programs. Sedgwick offers you quality service and stability through the complex workers’ compensation environment.

For over 50 years, Sedgwick has been helping employers navigate Ohio’s workers’ compensation system, providing services to help them control claim-related costs and reduce premiums. Their team includes the experienced colleagues from CompManagement and CareWorks Comp. The two companies merged and are now Sedgwick. Together, they serve nearly 65,000 Ohio employers including organizations of all sizes operating in various industries across the state. Group rating programs administered by Sedgwick have produced over $4 billion in savings since group rating was introduced in 1991, and their group retrospective programs have returned over $630 million in premium refunds since the program began in 2009.

If your organization is not yet participating in this member benefit, and you would like to receive a free, no-obligation analysis from Sedgwick, email Julia Bowling at julia.bowling@sedgwick.com or apply online at www.sedgwick.com/ohiotpa

Contact Sedgwick:

Julia Bowling

Phone: 513-218-4062

Email: julia.bowling@sedgwick.com Website: www.sedgwick.com/ohiotpa

Sedgwick Safety Resource Page www.sedgwick.com/ohiotpa/resources

Visit website for more information.

Hunter Consulting Company provides comprehensive consulting and claims administration in the area of Workers’ and Unemployment Compensations. The Southern Ohio Chamber Alliance’s Group Rating Program is one of the most utilized benefit programs offered. This benefit can add to your competitive edge in today's complex market.

Established in 1986, Hunter Consulting has established itself as one of Ohio's premier Third Party Administrators. Hunter has been the administrator for the Southern Ohio Chamber Alliance's Workers' Compensation Group Rating Program since we were formed in 1993.

The Group Rating program is designed to substantially reduce your company's rate and may represent significant savings for your company. Our Group Rating Program is one of the fastest growing programs in the State of Ohio, offering highly competitive premium discounts while maintaining excellent claims administrative services.

For more information and a no cost, no obligation review, please contact Hunter Consulting at 1-800-486-6652.

Employers are able to run their payroll, taxes, under Teamworx’s Fed ID instead of their own.  Teamworx provides payroll, taxes, workers comp, unemployment/HR, safety services to their clients.

Small employers vs. Larger employers:  Small employers may not enjoy any workers comp savings but will have an HR professional on-call instead of having to hire somebody.  Larger employers that might have an HR Director would benefit by having Teamworx facilitate/help the HR Dir-plus save significant premium dollars per year.  Ways we help are:  Labor issues, lawsuits, workers comp & unemployment claims/disputes, I-9 issues (proving employee legal status).

Best type of businesses to benefit from Teamworx:

• Blue Collar Industries (Construction-Foundries, Manufacturing, Transportation, Nursing Facilities)
• 50-200 Employees will financially benefit the most
• Employers that do not have an HR Director on staff (or thinking about hiring one)
• Employers that are already outsourcing payroll
• Employers that have dealt with lawsuits or unemployment claims
• Employers that have an increase in workers comp premiums

Teamworx markets:

1. Workers Comp Savings--  Construction, Roofers, Manufacturing, Transportation, Nursing Homes are the best candidates.  These employers pay the most premiums of any other industry.  The sweet spot # of employees are 100-200.
2. Employers in need of an HR Manager—Instead of paying for a full time HR Manager, rely on Teamworx and pay a fraction of the cost. # of employees usually under 50 in this scenario.
3. Employers unhappy with their payroll provider.  This can be an opportunity to hire a PEO- Teamworx and gain more services that will help protect your business.
4. Employers that have dealt with Lawsuits and/or costly Unemployment claims.  Teamworx will fight Unemployment claims, and protect clients from lawsuits by updating employee handbooks and make sure write-up/documentation is done correctly.

First Step:

Allow a FREE review (AC3 Temporary Authorization).  Teamworx will run preliminary numbers and give the employer a good idea how much they will save annually.

Please email James Baker via phone 513.315.8834  or jbaker@teamworxhr.com

Download the brochure here.

July 2020

RE: Group-Rating Safety Accountability

Dear Employer:

Each year Ohio employers have the opportunity to participate in BWC’s Group-Experience-Rating Program or Group-Retrospective-Rating Program. While these programs are not required, they do provide you with an opportunity to significantly reduce your workers’ compensation premiums, while increasing your awareness of safety and risk-management strategies. Workplace safety is an important component of these programs. To succeed in accident prevention, we encourage you to use the many resources available to you. We believe a group-rating program is a partnership that includes you and your employees, your sponsoring organization or third-party administrator (TPA) and BWC. Each has specific roles and responsibilities, all designed to assist in preventing workplace accidents. This letter outlines the safety services expectations you should have as an employer enrolled in a group-rating program.

The employer will:

• Maintain a safe workplace;
• Attend safety training to enhance workplace safety;
• Use BWC’s safety services as needed;
• Fulfill the required two-hour training requirement and provide proof of attendance to sponsor for claim(s) occurring within the last year.

The certified primary and affiliated sponsoring organizations will:

• Sponsor eight hours of safety training (this may be done at one time or may be provided incrementally as long as the total is at least eight hours);
• Provide information regarding safety resources to group members;
• Possibly assist an employer in achieving its safety needs;
• Manage employer fulfillment of the two-hour training requirement, where applicable;
• Publish this letter to group members.

The TPA may:

• Assist sponsoring organizations with fulfilling the group-rating safety requirements;
• Assist an employer with its safety needs;
• Work in conjunction with sponsors to develop safety training and deliver safety resources;
• Provide resources for claims handling.

BWC will:

• Monitor all group-rating safety activities to confirm requirements are met;
• Remain in communication with sponsoring organizations to provide recommendations for fulfilling safety requirements;
• Provide safety training through Ohio’s Center for Occupational Safety & Health;
• Offer on-site safety consultation (hazard assessments, air and noise monitoring, ergonomics evaluation, training) by a BWC safety professional;
• Offer publications and videos for safety program support;
• Conduct employer visits to confirm the employer is meeting group-rating requirements, when appropriate.

The goal of this collaborative effort is to make sure all your safety needs are met. Using these resources will assist you in preventing accidents, reducing claims costs and achieving the highest discounts possible. Below you’ll find contact information for various resources.

Download the letter here.

Group sponsor: Troy Area Chamber of Commerce @ 339-8769
TPA: CareWorksComp OR Tammy Purcell, Hunter Consulting Company, tpurcell@hunterconsulting.com, (513) 372-8714
BWC: https://www.bwc.ohio.gov/employer/services/safetyhygiene.asp, groupratingsafety@bwc.state.oh.us