April 15, 16, 22, or 24

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When a workers' compensation injury occurs, it can often be complex, multi-faceted, and damaging to dealership morale as well as the dealership's workers' comp experience. Ask yourself these questions: Are your employees properly trained to respond to an accident? What does an accident investigation look like? When is modified duty necessary? Can I discipline or terminate an employee while on workers compensation leave? What are my obligations under OSHA? What are my legal obligations?

Join us for the Annual Workers' Compensation & Safety Management Seminar - featuring experts from Sedgwick, Fisher Phillips, and KPA. We will discuss top safety violations at auto dealerships and get practical guidance from KPA on a host of topics. We will discuss top safety violations at auto dealerships and get practical guidance from KPA on a host of topics. We will talk about safety measures to prevent workplace injuries, managing injured workers' claims, and address common issues that arise in the aftermath of an injury.

OADA's endorsed Third-Party Administrator, Sedgwick, will cover the latest changes at the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation. We will then move into a general safety session, featuring KPA. During this portion of the seminar, KPA will discuss the most common safety issues affecting automotive dealerships and repair facilities, and why many injuries occur despite existing safety policies. The session will focus on how organizations often rely on "band-aid" fixes that address the immediate issue but fail to prevent the problem from happening again. 

Items to be covered include:

• The most common safety challenges seen in dealership fixed operations departments
• Why many safety programs fail to prevent repeat incidents
• How strong safety programs reduce workers' compensation exposure, OSHA risk, and operational disruptions
• How to move beyond short-term fixes and build systems that prevent injuries
• The Five Pillars of an Effective Safety Program for dealership operations

In addition, we will take a deeper drive into two scenarios that you might see at your dealership, and the different challenges that each represents. Consider the following:

• Jill is an administrative assistant at your dealership who "floats" to cover various positions and has been written up for a variety of reasons. Jill slipped and fell in the service department, resulting in a workers' comp claim. She refuses to return to work, despite being cleared by a physician, and the situation has become contentious. How should you handle it?
• Bill is a full-time technician. While completing a brake job and using a bench grinder, Bill got a bit of brake material in his eye. As a result, another employee called OSHA to report unsafe conditions at work. How do you handle this?

Finishing off the seminar will be a focused discussion from the experts at Fisher Phillips, who will talk about workers' compensation issues from a legal and HR perspective.

By the end of the session, you will have actionable tips for handling similar situations at your dealership. There will be ample time to ask questions, and the seminar will provide you with two hours of needed BWC credit for those dealers that had a claim between July 1, 2023 and September 30, 2024 (the "green" period). 

OADA is hosting seminars in Akron, Cincinnati, Columbus, and Toledo. Registration fee is $65 per person. Registration at each location begins at 8:00 am. The seminar will begin at 8:30 and conclude at noon. Register Here