Ohio counties receive $15M from Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation

Local counties received:

• Greene County — $127,854

• Montgomery County — $839,440

• Miami County — $30,500

• Warren — $7,469

• Butler — $169,180

• Preble — $50,832

• Darke — $98,551

The rebate check issued to counties will reflect the amounts minus any outstanding balance owed the Ohio BWC, according to a news release.

The rebate comes from the public work-relief employees' fund, which provides counties with workers' compensation coverage for work-relief employees.

Work-relief employees are people who work for government entities in exchange for public assistance payments. The public work-relief employees’ fund has grown by more than $10 million over the past 10 years.