Janice,

Appreciate the information and insight.
Thank you-
Anna

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From: list-manager@opra.simplelists.com [mailto:list-manager@opra.simplelists.com] On Behalf Of Janice Hall
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 8:49 AM
To: OPRA Members
Subject: BWC Audit

Hello everyone,
I just wanted to relate our experience during a recent audit by the Bureau of Workers Compensation because I found out something that I did not know.

While everything was fine, there was one "finding".  This is what it
said:  "The only discrepancy that was found during the audit is that none of the officers were reporting the minimum.  Even though the corporation is a non profit, you would still need to report at least one officer up to the minimum for each period.  The amount found was enough to constitute a debit finding and a bill will be sent once the audit has been processed."

I was told that the bill was for about $520.00 (for a 1-year period).

The auditor explained that we need to report at least the minimum
($10,894) each period (every 6 months) for at least one of our corporate officers, which he said would be one of our board members.  I told him that didn't make sense, and he told me that he didn't agree, but that's the way it is.

After he left, I found what he was talking about on BWC's website (see attached).

I was able to go back to him and cited a couple of things from our agency's by-laws:  1) All members of the Board of Trustees shall serve without compensation for their services; and 2) The Executive Director shall serve as ex-officio member of the Board and all committees.  The Executive Director is responsible for the daily operation of the corporation and is the person to whom all Board correspondence and business shall be directed.

He showed these things from our by-laws to his supervisor and the supervisor determind that the Executive Director was an "officer" and the "finding" went away.

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Janice K. Hall, Executive Director
Guernsey Residential, Inc.
627 Steubenville Avenue
Cambridge, OH 43725
Phone: (740) 439-4271

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