If your company is participating in a 2022 Group Rating or Group Retrospective Rating Program and had a claim filed with the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) between July 1, 2019, and September 30, 2020, the BWC requires all Group and Group Retrospective Rating Program participants to complete two hours of safety training if they experienced a workers’ compensation claim during that period.  

Safety training for the 2021 policy year must be completed by June 30, 2022. This training is still required even if you completed a safety seminar during the 2020 policy year (July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021) as that training would have applied to a claim made in the prior year.

Sedgwick, the third-party administrator for the group sponsored by NFIB in Ohio has previously contacted all companies who are required to take two hours of safety training.  However, we encourage all members to attend if interested. 

NFIB, in partnership with Sedgwick, invite you to attend safety training sessions on:

Employee Safety Orientation Training and Your Safety Manual: A Template of What OSHA Expects

These seminars will be held at six convenient locations:

MAY 10, 2022

Sedgwick Auditorium, 5555 Glendon Ct., Dublin, Ohio 43016

MAY 17, 2022

Courtyard by Marriott Cincinnati Midtown/Rookwood, 3813 Edwards Rd., Cincinnati, Ohio 45209

MAY 11, 2022

Holiday Inn & Suites, 2035 Southgate Parkway, Cambridge, Ohio 43725

MAY 18, 2022

Holiday Inn & Suites Lima, 803 S. Leonard Ave., Lima, Ohio 45804

MAY 12, 2022

Akron Homewood Suites, 210 Springside Dr., Akron, Ohio 44333

MAY 19, 2022

BGSU – Levi’s Commons, 1655 N. Wilkerson Way, Perrysburg, Ohio 43551

Each location will have three options:

Option 1: Attend a half-day session (8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.) to obtain workers’ compensation and unemployment compensation cost control information/updates and the two-hour safety training.

Option 2: Attend a two-hour session (10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.) to satisfy the two-hour safety training requirement.

Option 3: Attend a two-hour session (1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.) containing the same information as Option 2.

Please register by Friday, May 6, 2022. To register, please complete the information below and fax it to Dominic Ciano at 614.221.8677 or scan and email it to dominic.ciano@NFIB.org. You can also call Dominic at 614.221.4107 to register and pay over the phone. Please make checks payable to NFIB and send them to 10 West Broad Street, Suite 2450, Columbus, Ohio 43215. The cost for each seminar is $30 per person.

You can download the registration form here. 

Questions? Please contact the NFIB office at (614) 221-4107 or Sedgwick at (866) 780-6342 ext. 51552 or email nfib@sedgwick.com

Webinars are also offered. Click here for options of webinars to be held through June 2022.