Ohio Code 4123.324 – Waiver or reduction of experience transfer
(A) The administrator of workers’ compensation shall adopt rules, for the purpose of encouraging economic development, that establish conditions under which any negative experience to be transferred to the account of an employer who is successor in interest under division (B) of section 4123.32 of the Revised Code may be reduced or waived.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4123.324
- Employer: means :
(a) The state, including state hospitals, each county, municipal corporation, township, school district, and hospital owned by a political subdivision or subdivisions other than the state;
(b) Every person, firm, professional employer organization, alternate employer organization, and private corporation, including any public service corporation, that (i) has in service one or more employees or shared employees regularly in the same business or in or about the same establishment under any contract of hire, express or implied, oral or written, or (ii) is bound by any such contract of hire or by any other written contract, to pay into the insurance fund the premiums provided by this chapter. See Ohio Code 4123.01
(B) The administrator, in adopting rules under division (A) of this section, may not permit a waiver or reduction in experience transfer if the succession transaction is entered into for the purpose of escaping obligations under this chapter or Chapter 4121., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code.