Nuts & Bolts - Ohio Workers' Compensation Overview

The OSIA’s annual Nuts and Bolts seminars are designed to introduce newcomers to the ins-and-outs of the Ohio workers’ compensation system, with an emphasis on administering a self-insured program.  

In our first presentation, OSIA Executive Secretary Buz Minor will give an overview of the Ohio workers’ compensation laws including: the history and evolution of the law; the responsibilities and duties placed on employers, including funding the system; the roles that the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation and the Industrial Commission have in administering the law; how employees become eligible for benefits; the various forms of indemnity compensation provided under the law and the disabilities that these forms are designed to compensate; rehabilitation and other components of the system.  Following this initial presentation, subsequent speakers will then take a deeper dive into the topics previewed in the overview session.

Robert A. Minor, Esq. - Prior to his retirement on January 1, 2019, Buz Minor was a partner in the Columbus office of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, and practiced in the area of labor and employment law.  His practice included workers' compensation defense before the agencies and courts, assisting employers in obtaining self-insurance status and in resolving SI compliance issues, participation before the Ohio Supreme Court as amicus curiae, the defense of direct liability actions and employment intentional torts, and OSHA compliance and defense.  Mr. Minor is the Executive Secretary of the Ohio Self-Insurers Association, serves on the Executive Committee of the National Council of Self-Insurers, and is a former President of the National Council.  Mr. Minor is a frequent lecturer before national and state audiences on employer liability law and is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America.