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• Business After Hours 2/20
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• Leadership Defiance County Sponsorship Opportunities
• Defiance Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation Scholarship
• Chamber Job Board
• Welcome New Chamber Members!
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Member News

• Sedgwick OSHA Top Ten Violations
• Sedgwick Recent Court Decision
• Northwest State Community College Purse Bingo 2/7
• Defiance College Graduate Program Virtual Open Houses
• Stroede Center for the Arts 2025 Performance Season
• Coffee With a Cop 2/20
• United Way of Defiance County Trivia Night 2/28
• 2025 Events at AuGlaize Village

2024 Top Tier Sponsors

Interested in expanding your visibility? Consider being a Top-Tier Sponsor of your Defiance Area Chamber of Commerce!

As a member, you can manually login and add the positions you're hiring for to the job board on our website or email michelle.marshall@defiancechamber.com with the positions, and we'll add them for you!

In addition, we post three #FindaJobFriday posts on our socials every week and can share the positions you are hiring for there as well!

Defiance Water Recreation

1495 Ralston Avenue

Defiance, OH 43512

(419) 782-2618

The Book Label, Ltd.

Bryan, OH 43506

(419) 438-6950

Schroeder Roofing

707 South Main Street

Columbus Grove, OH 45830

(419) 670-7663

OSHA Top Ten Violations

As the new year begins, many organizations look at ways to improve their safety programs. One way I have found effective over the years is to compare your safety program to OSHA’s Top Ten Violations List. Identifying what OSHA sees in the workplace during their inspections and comparing that to your organization is an excellent opportunity to find any gaps or deficiencies within your safety process.

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Recent Court Decision

Autozone v. Industrial Commission

The Ohio Supreme Court has finalized its decision in relation to AutoZone Stores v. Industrial Commission of Ohio. As you may recall, the question before the Supreme Court in this case was whether the injured worker was entitled to temporary total compensation (TT) after being terminated from his position due to a physical altercation with his supervisor. The claimant was injured on 6/20/20 and was working light duty up until the date of his termination, which took place on 9/5/20. In November 2020, the claimant had surgery for the allowed conditions and requested temporary total compensation beginning the date of his surgery. It was noted that the claimant did not secure other employment in between his date of termination from AutoZone and his surgery in November. Because of this fact pattern, the employer appealed the payment of compensation and argued that the injured worker was not entitled to temporary total compensation as he was not employed at the time of his request for disability. The claimant argued that he was entitled to compensation as the surgery that led to his current request for TT was solely related to the allowed conditions.

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