September 2017 - CORSA-broadcast

County Hazmat
by Jones, Cathy Oct. 5, 2017

Oct. 5, 2017

Hello everyone, I had a meeting today regarding issues surrounding our County Hazmat team. Mahoning County would like to inquire about your County's Hazmat team. Our Hazmat members are volunteers - not paid. They are covered under our CORSA policy and are employees for the purposes of workers compensation when they are in the course and scope of their hazmat duties. I report the minimum payroll per BWC guidelines. See questions below. I'm also emailing the CORSA broadcast so some may receive this inquiry twice. Any input CORSA staff has is also welcome. 1. Are they compensated? 2. If so, are they compensated by hour or by stipend? 3. If compensated by hour, do you match or exceed their hourly rate from their primary employer? 4. If they are compensated by hour, I'm assuming they are considered employees for the purposes of compensation and benefits(accrued leave, life insurance, unemployment)? 5. If they receive a stipend, are they treated as vendors or employees in your accounting system? (is minimum wage and issue?) 6. Does your Board of Commissioners appoint them via resolution? If so, does the Board approve any promotions? 7. Are any of the members unionized under the County Hazmat? We would be greatly appreciative with any information you can provide us. I look forward to receiving your responses. Cathy Jones CATHY JONES Mahoning County Risk Manager 21 W. Boardman St., Ste 200 Youngstown, OH 44503 Ph: 330-740-2130 Fx: 330-740-2667 cjones(a)mahoningcountyoh.gov

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Wage Continuation
by Blankenship, Lu Oct. 2, 2017

Oct. 2, 2017

With all the current discussion, I'm wondering which counties pay Wage Continuation. Richland County is currently paying Wage Continuation for one month. Please let me know if your county pays wage continuation and for how long. Also, how long do you allow light duty? Thanks. Lu Blankenship Risk Management Richland County office: 419-774-6318 fax: 419-774-3581 mobile: 419-564-1469 ***The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attachments, may be confidential under an exemption to Ohio's public records law or under a legal privilege. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender by e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ***

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Wage Continuation Question
by Elizabeth Miller Sept. 29, 2017

Sept. 29, 2017

Ashland County asked me to pose this hypothetical question on the CORSA Broadcast. They would appreciate you input. The Engineer has an employee off work recovering from a workplace injury. The Engineer is paying wage continuation. The injured worker is cleared for transitional work with some restrictions, but the Engineer doesn't have a position that meets the restrictions. Another county department, in the general fund, does have a position. Has your county had this situation? Do you have transitional work available outside of the injured workers' department / budgetary fund? If so, where would the injured worker's wages come from, his original department or the department in which he works the transitional position? Thanks! Elizabeth G. Miller, Esq. CORSA Claim and Litigation Manager 209 East State Street Columbus, OH 43215 emiller(a)ccao.org<mailto:emiller@ccao.org> direct dial 614-220-7989 toll free in Ohio 888-757-1904 fax 614-220-0209 www.CORSA.org<http://www.corsa.org/> "The leader in providing Ohio Counties with exceptional value, service, and protection of assets." CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message (including any attachments) is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy this message and all attachments.

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Wage Continuation Question
by Holly Muren Sept. 29, 2017

Sept. 29, 2017

Medina County is currently self-insured and transitional work is rarely used. However, when we were state funded and we did use transitional work, it would have been the engineer that would have continued to pay the wage continuation. The departments needed to be in agreement and the employee was informed that this is temporary. We even had a case of an employee providing service to non-county agency (Salvation Army) through case management. -- *Holly S. Muren, PHR HR Director * *Medina County Human Resources* /144 N. Broadway Medina, OH 44256 / Phone (330)-722-9340 Fax (330)-722-9342

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OPRIMA Annual Conference
by Tricia Callihan Sept. 11, 2017

Sept. 11, 2017

Educational opportunity available through Ohio PRIMA. Please see attached John Brownlee - ARM P CORSA Risk Manager jbrownlee(a)ccao.org<mailto:jbrownlee@ccao.org> 419-980-0084 614-220-0209 Fax www.corsa.org<http://www.corsa.org/> “ The leader in providing Ohio Counties with exceptional value, service, and protection of assets.” CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message (including any attachments) is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy this message and all attachments.

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