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In September of 2008, Ohio enacted a law into its workers’ compensation act that allows an Ohio employer to separate its payroll into Ohio and non-Ohio payroll (using the U-131 reporting form) and then (subject to audit) the Ohio monopolistic fund will assess premium for workers’ compensation coverage for only Ohio employees. This new law is advantageous to trucking companies with operations based both inside and out of Ohio. The law has various other requirements such as proof that the non-Ohio payroll/employees are covered under an “other states” workers’ compensation policy.