4123.26 Annual statement by employer - forfeiture.
Every employer shall keep records of, and furnish to the bureau of workers’ compensation upon request, all information required by the administrator of workers’ compensation to carry out this chapter. In January of each year, every employer of the state employing one or more employees regularly in the same business, or in or about the same establishment, shall prepare and mail to the bureau at its main office in Columbus a statement containing the following information, as applicable:
(A) The number of employees employed during the preceding year from the first day of January through the thirty-first day of December;
(B) The number of such employees employed at each kind of employment and the aggregate amount of wages paid to such employees;
(C) If an employer elects to obtain other-states’ coverage pursuant to section 4123.292 of the Revised Code through either the administrator, if the administrator elects to offer such coverage, or an other-states’ insurer for claims arising in a state or states other than this state, all of the following information:
(1) The amount of wages the employer paid to the employer’s employees for performing labor or providing services for the employer in this state;
(2) The amount of wages the employer paid to the employer’s employees for performing labor or providing services for the employer in a state or states other than this state.
The allocation of wages identified by the employer pursuant to divisions (C)(1) and (2) of this section shall not be presumed to be an indication of the law under which an employee is eligible to receive compensation and benefits.
(D) In accordance with the rules adopted by the administrator pursuant to division (D) of section 4123.32 of the Revised Code, if the employer employs employees who are covered under the federal “Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act,” 98 Stat. 1639, 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq., and under this chapter and Chapter 4121. of the Revised Code, both of the following amounts:
(1) The amount of wages the employer pays to those employees when the employees perform labor and provide services for which the employees are eligible to receive compensation and benefits under the federal “Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act;”
(2) The amount of wages the employer pays to those employees when the employees perform labor and provide services for which the employees are eligible to receive compensation and benefits under this chapter and Chapter 4121. of the Revised Code.
The allocation of wages identified by the employer pursuant to divisions (D)(1) and (2) of this section shall not be presumed to be an indication of the law under which an employee is eligible to receive compensation and benefits.
The information shall be furnished on a blank to be prepared by the bureau. The bureau shall furnish the blanks to employers free of charge upon request therefor. Every employer receiving from the bureau any blank, with directions to fill out the same, shall cause the same to be properly filled out so as to answer fully and correctly all questions therein propounded, and give all the information therein sought, or if unable to do so, the employer shall give to the bureau in writing good and sufficient reasons for such failure. The bureau may require that the information required to be furnished be verified under oath and returned to the bureau within the period fixed by it or by law. The bureau or any person employed by the bureau for that purpose, may examine, under oath, any employer, or the officer, agent, or employee thereof, for the purpose of ascertaining any information which the employer is required to furnish to the bureau.
No employer shall fail to furnish to the bureau the annual statement required by this section, nor shall any employer fail to keep records of or furnish such other information as may be required by the bureau under this section.
Whoever violates this section shall forfeit five hundred dollars, to be collected in a civil action brought against the employer in the name of the state, to be paid into the state insurance fund and become a part thereof.
4123.26 Annual statement by employer - forfeiture.
Every employer shall keep records of, and furnish to the bureau of workers’ compensation upon request, all information required by the administrator of workers’ compensation to carry out this chapter. In January of each year, every employer of the state employing one or more employees regularly in the same business, or in or about the same establishment, shall prepare and mail to the bureau at its main office in Columbus a statement containing the following information, as applicable:
(A) The number of employees employed during the preceding year from the first day of January through the thirty-first day of December;
(B) The number of such employees employed at each kind of employment and the aggregate amount of wages paid to such employees;
(C) If an employer elects to obtain other-states’ coverage pursuant to section 4123.292 of the Revised Code through either the administrator, if the administrator elects to offer such coverage, or an other-states’ insurer for claims arising in a state or states other than this state, all of the following information:
(1) The amount of wages the employer paid to the employer’s employees for performing labor or providing services for the employer in this state;
(2) The amount of wages the employer paid to the employer’s employees for performing labor or providing services for the employer in a state or states other than this state.
The allocation of wages identified by the employer pursuant to divisions (C)(1) and (2) of this section shall not be presumed to be an indication of the law under which an employee is eligible to receive compensation and benefits.
(D) In accordance with the rules adopted by the administrator pursuant to division (D) of section 4123.32 of the Revised Code, if the employer employs employees who are covered under the federal “Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act,” 98 Stat. 1639, 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq., and under this chapter and Chapter 4121. of the Revised Code, both of the following amounts:
(1) The amount of wages the employer pays to those employees when the employees perform labor and provide services for which the employees are eligible to receive compensation and benefits under the federal “Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act;”
(2) The amount of wages the employer pays to those employees when the employees perform labor and provide services for which the employees are eligible to receive compensation and benefits under this chapter and Chapter 4121. of the Revised Code.
The allocation of wages identified by the employer pursuant to divisions (D)(1) and (2) of this section shall not be presumed to be an indication of the law under which an employee is eligible to receive compensation and benefits.
The information shall be furnished on a blank to be prepared by the bureau. The bureau shall furnish the blanks to employers free of charge upon request therefor. Every employer receiving from the bureau any blank, with directions to fill out the same, shall cause the same to be properly filled out so as to answer fully and correctly all questions therein propounded, and give all the information therein sought, or if unable to do so, the employer shall give to the bureau in writing good and sufficient reasons for such failure. The bureau may require that the information required to be furnished be verified under oath and returned to the bureau within the period fixed by it or by law. The bureau or any person employed by the bureau for that purpose, may examine, under oath, any employer, or the officer, agent, or employee thereof, for the purpose of ascertaining any information which the employer is required to furnish to the bureau.
No employer shall fail to furnish to the bureau the annual statement required by this section, nor shall any employer fail to keep records of or furnish such other information as may be required by the bureau under this section.
Whoever violates this section shall forfeit five hundred dollars, to be collected in a civil action brought against the employer in the name of the state, to be paid into the state insurance fund and become a part thereof.
4123.26 Annual statement by employer - forfeiture.
Every employer shall keep records of, and furnish to the bureau of workers’ compensation upon request, all information required by the administrator of workers’ compensation to carry out this chapter. In January of each year, every employer of the state employing one or more employees regularly in the same business, or in or about the same establishment, shall prepare and mail to the bureau at its main office in Columbus a statement containing the following information, as applicable:
(A) The number of employees employed during the preceding year from the first day of January through the thirty-first day of December;
(B) The number of such employees employed at each kind of employment and the aggregate amount of wages paid to such employees;
(C) If an employer elects to obtain other-states’ coverage pursuant to section 4123.292 of the Revised Code through either the administrator, if the administrator elects to offer such coverage, or an other-states’ insurer for claims arising in a state or states other than this state, all of the following information:
(1) The amount of wages the employer paid to the employer’s employees for performing labor or providing services for the employer in this state;
(2) The amount of wages the employer paid to the employer’s employees for performing labor or providing services for the employer in a state or states other than this state.
The allocation of wages identified by the employer pursuant to divisions (C)(1) and (2) of this section shall not be presumed to be an indication of the law under which an employee is eligible to receive compensation and benefits.
(D) In accordance with the rules adopted by the administrator pursuant to division (D) of section 4123.32 of the Revised Code, if the employer employs employees who are covered under the federal “Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act,” 98 Stat. 1639, 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq., and under this chapter and Chapter 4121. of the Revised Code, both of the following amounts:
(1) The amount of wages the employer pays to those employees when the employees perform labor and provide services for which the employees are eligible to receive compensation and benefits under the federal “Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act;”
(2) The amount of wages the employer pays to those employees when the employees perform labor and provide services for which the employees are eligible to receive compensation and benefits under this chapter and Chapter 4121. of the Revised Code.
The allocation of wages identified by the employer pursuant to divisions (D)(1) and (2) of this section shall not be presumed to be an indication of the law under which an employee is eligible to receive compensation and benefits.
The information shall be furnished on a blank to be prepared by the bureau. The bureau shall furnish the blanks to employers free of charge upon request therefor. Every employer receiving from the bureau any blank, with directions to fill out the same, shall cause the same to be properly filled out so as to answer fully and correctly all questions therein propounded, and give all the information therein sought, or if unable to do so, the employer shall give to the bureau in writing good and sufficient reasons for such failure. The bureau may require that the information required to be furnished be verified under oath and returned to the bureau within the period fixed by it or by law. The bureau or any person employed by the bureau for that purpose, may examine, under oath, any employer, or the officer, agent, or employee thereof, for the purpose of ascertaining any information which the employer is required to furnish to the bureau.
No employer shall fail to furnish to the bureau the annual statement required by this section, nor shall any employer fail to keep records of or furnish such other information as may be required by the bureau under this section.
Whoever violates this section shall forfeit five hundred dollars, to be collected in a civil action brought against the employer in the name of the state, to be paid into the state insurance fund and become a part thereof.
