Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
(A) Definitions.
As used in this rule:
(1) "Experience modification" or "EM" means
the experience modification as determined under rule
4123-17-03
of the Administrative Code.
(2)
"Eligibility determination date" means the March first immediately preceding
the policy year for which the EM is being calculated for private employers, and
the September first immediately preceding the policy year for which the EM is
being calculated for public employer taxing districts.
(3) "Safety requirement completion date"
means the last business day of March for private employers and the last
business day of September for public employer taxing districts.
(B) Except as provided for in
paragraph (D) of this rule, the bureau shall limit the increase in EM of an
employer meeting the eligibility requirements of this rule to:
(1)
Twenty-five per cent of the initial EM calculated for
that employer in the preceding rating year if the employer is either
individually experience rated or base rated in both the current and preceding
rating years for any policy years for private employers beginning July 1, 2023
and ending June 30, 2027 or for any policy years for public employer taxing
districts beginning January 1, 2023 and ending December 31, 2027,
and
(2)
One hundred per cent of the initial EM calculated
for that employer in the preceding rating year for all
other employers.
(C) Eligibility requirements.
(1) As of the eligibility determination date:
(a) The employer must be current with respect
to all payments due the bureau, as defined in paragraph (A)(1)(b) of rule
4123-17-14
of the Administrative Code; and
(b)
The employer must not have cumulative lapses in workers' compensation coverage
in excess of forty days within the preceding twelve months.
(2)
To be eligible for the
one hundred per cent cap, an employer must annually complete a safety
program prescribed by the division of safety and hygiene no later than safety
requirement completion date during each policy year in which the cap applies.
If the employer fails to comply with these requirements, the bureau will remove
the cap for the policy year in which the requirements were not met and use
employer's uncapped EM for that policy year.
(3) An employer must report actual payroll
for the preceding policy year and pay any premium due upon reconciliation of
estimated premium and actual premium for that policy year no later eligibility
determination date.
(D)
An employer removed from the EM cap program for failure to meet the criteria
set forth in paragraph (C)(3) of this rule will be rerated for the full policy
year at the employer's base rate or experience-modified rate as determined by
the employer's expected losses for the policy year.
(E) Opt-out provision.
The bureau will automatically apply the cap to an employer that
meets the eligibility requirements of paragraphs (C)(1)(a) and (C)(1)(b) of
this rule. An employer may voluntarily withdraw from the EM cap program by
providing written notice to the bureau.
(F) Application of cap to successor policies.
(1) Where a transfer of experience occurs
pursuant to rule
4123-17-02 of the
Administrative Code, the resulting EM is not subject to limitation under this
rule unless one of the following apply:
(a)
The transfer is a combination as a result of bankruptcy proceedings, when the
transaction is a change in policy number without any change in exposure;
or
(b) A base-rated successor
wholly or partially succeeds a single policy.
(2) If the criteria in paragraph (F)(1)(a) or
(F)(1)(b) of this rule are met, the predecessor's published EM in the preceding
rating year will be the EM published for the successor in the same rating year
for purposes of determining whether the cap applies under this rule.
