Trying to settle your Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Claim – if so, the BWC seems to be ‘anti-injured worker’ in reducing its indemnity and settlement payments.
A look at the OhioBWC Enterprise Report, September 2009 tells the story in a nutshell. Search on the terms indemnity and settlement when you open the report.
Indemnity benefits(which include settlements) for the quarter ending June 2009, were at the lowest level since at least Sept 05, by a huge amount.
And since then, the story gets even more grim for injured workers:
Starting in May, 2009 the BWC made compensation payments of $187 million.
The next 3 months show a spiralling trend – less and less money for injured workers:
In June 2009, the OhioBWC paid a total of $163 million in compensation, $14 million dollars of that money was used to pay Lump Sum Settlements.
In July 2009, the OhioBWC paid a total of $159 million in compensation, $12.5 million dollars of that money was used to pay Lump Sum Settlements.
In August 2009, the OhioBWC paid a total of $151 million in compensation, $3 million dollars of that money was used to pay Lump Sum Settlements and Permanent Partial Disability (PPD) Awards.
As can be seen this is quite a NEGATIVE TREND in the treatment of Ohio’s Injured Labor Force.
What can be done? Read the Post on How the Legislature took away your benefits – it was bad then, but it continues to get worse for the injured worker. Call your state representatives and complain. Tell them to make this situation right, or vote them out of office this November election.
If you need a Certified Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Lawyer to represent you in your claim, call Mike Gruhin at Gruhin & Gruhin (800) 861-5555. We are here to protect your legal rights.