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Ohio School Facilities Commission (OSFC) Director Richard Hickman Jr. said Thursday that the commission is continuing to implement a resolution that generally bans the use of project labor agreements (PLA) and will be informing at least seven districts that their...
Group-Rating Safety Accountability
Each year Ohio employers have the opportunity to participate in BWC’s Group-Experience-Rating Program or Group-Retrospective-Rating Program. While these programs are not required, they do provide you with an opportunity to significantly reduce your workers’...
10-Step Business Plan for Safety
10-Step Business Plan Step One: Visible, Active Senior Management Frank Gates/Avizent and AIA Ohio would like to announce the 10-Step Business Plan for Safety developed by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC). Step one includes visible senior management...
A business group that formed five years ago to promote bob growth in the state has adopted Gov. John Kasich’s budget priorities as its next project, which could entail and advertising campaign and other outreach efforts.
A business group that formed five years ago to promote bob growth in the state has adopted Gov. John Kasich’s budget priorities as its next project, which could entail and advertising campaign and other outreach efforts. Ohio’s Campaign for Jobs is funded by the...
Casino Site Included On New Online Brownfield Inventory
Companies looking to relocate on deserted industrial sites can now search the state’s new online database of brownfield properties. “Businesses can use the brownfield inventory database to easily look up available properties, learn what infrastructure services are...
Witnesses Call For Separate Legislation To Vet Budget’s Prevailing Wage
Opponents to changes in prevailing wage and pension contributions in the biennial budget asked lawmakers Friday to not completely scrap the provisions but rather consider them as separate legislation. Witnesses testifying during the final day of House hearings on the...
Opposition Voiced to Prevailing Wage Provisions in State Budget Bill
Offering testimony April 14 in opposition to prevailing provisions of the budget, some in a group and some by themselves, were Terry Estes, project manager for J & B Steel, a family owned-construction company in Hamilton; Tim Galvin, CEO of Brexton Construction LLC;...
Sen. Ways and Means Approves Estate Tax Repeal (SB90)
The Senate Ways and Means Committee approved SB90 April 14 that would repeal the Ohio Estate Tax SB90 for the estates of individuals dying on or after January 1, 2011. Despite pleadings from witnesses and Democratic amendments reconsider repeal of the estate tax,...
EPA Introduces Brownfield Inventory
Ohio EPA said Thursday it has developed a new online tool to help businesses identify and develop brownfield properties in Ohio. Businesses can use the brownfield inventory database to easily look up available properties, learn what infrastructure services are...
Chairman Foresees Vote On Bill To Limit Project Labor Agreements
The committee chairman who recently steered a controversial collective bargaining bill through the House hopes to follow up soon with legislation that would restrict union labor contracts for state-funded construction projects. Rep. Joe Uecker (R-Loveland), chairman...