April 2016 IMPORTANT MEETINGS & EVENT DATES IN APRIL Tuesday, April 12, 2016 Marketing Committee Meeting 8:30 a.m. @ Chamber Wednesday, April 13, 2016 Reverse Raffle Cmte. Meeting 8:30 a.m. @ Chamber Friday, April 15, 2016 Safety Council Awards Luncheon 11:30 a.m. @ Salem Community Ctr. Wednesday, April 20, 2016 Reverse Raffle Benefit Dinner 5:15 p.m. @ Salem Golf Club Saturday, April 23, 2016 Clean Up Salem Day 9:00 a.m. @ McCulloch Park Wednesday, April 27, 2016 Executive Committee Meeting 8:30 a.m. @ Chamber Columbiana County Chambers Mtg. Noon @ Italo’s -Lisbon The Chamber’s Annual Benefit Dinner (Reverse Raffle) is scheduled for Wednesday, April 20th @ the Salem Golf Club. It is one of the Salem Chamber’s biggest networking events of the year, bringing together many business professionals and community leaders with the chance for one lucky person to win $1,000.00. Chairman Frank Zamarelli, of Salem Computer Center, has announced the fun will begin @ 5:15 p.m. with a cash bar and appetizers, then the delicious buffet dinner and the raffle to follow. Tickets are $100.00, and that includes your dinner and the chance to win! If you bring a guest with you to enjoy the evening, it is an extra $35.00. Besides the many cash prizes, there will also be a 50/50 raffle and a bingo game. Net proceeds from this annual event will go to support Chamber services and programs, making it one of the Chamber’s largest fundraising events of the year. If you or others within your business or organization are interested in purchasing a ticket, please call the Chamber office at 330-337-3473 or e-mail Tammy @ [email protected]. The Salem Chamber appreciates everyone’s continued support and patronage. We hope you don’t miss out on your chance to socialize and network with fellow Chamber members and guests, while enjoying a delectable dinner and possibly winning a cash prize! Many thanks to the committee for work- ing so hard selling tickets and planning this event: Our Chairman, Frank Zamarelli, Jack Howells, Betty Brothers, Dan Scarpitti, Atty. Bruce Williams, Mary Winch Korff, Carl Romeo, & President Scott Jones. Our Chamber’s Mission: “We serve as the catalyst that creates the best possible environment for business.” Our Chamber’s Purpose: “We are organized to foster, promote, and develop the advancement of the commercial, financial, professional and civic interests of Salem and the surrounding area.” Our Chamber’s Acronym For Success: “We set PACE as we work to Promote... Advocate… Connect... Educate for the business success of our Salem Chamber membership.” Our Chamber’s Catchphrase: SALEM UPDATE NEWS OF THE SALEM AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Transcript
April
2016
IMPORTANT MEETINGS & EVENT DATES IN APRIL
Tuesday, April 12, 2016 Marketing Committee Meeting
8:30 a.m. @ Chamber
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 Reverse Raffle Cmte. Meeting
8:30 a.m. @ Chamber
Friday, April 15, 2016 Safety Council Awards Luncheon
11:30 a.m. @ Salem Community Ctr.
Wednesday, April 20, 2016 Reverse Raffle Benefit Dinner 5:15 p.m. @ Salem Golf Club
Saturday, April 23, 2016 Clean Up Salem Day
9:00 a.m. @ McCulloch Park
Wednesday, April 27, 2016 Executive Committee Meeting
8:30 a.m. @ Chamber
Columbiana County Chambers Mtg. Noon @ Italo’s -Lisbon
The Chamber’s Annual Benefit Dinner (Reverse Raffle) is scheduled for Wednesday, April 20th @ the Salem Golf Club. It is one of the Salem Chamber’s biggest networking events of the year, bringing together many business professionals and community leaders with the chance for one lucky person to win $1,000.00. Chairman Frank Zamarelli, of Salem Computer Center, has announced the fun will begin @ 5:15 p.m. with a cash bar and appetizers, then the delicious buffet dinner and the raffle to follow. Tickets are $100.00, and that includes your dinner and the chance to win! If you bring a guest with you to enjoy the evening, it is an extra $35.00. Besides the many cash prizes, there will also be a 50/50 raffle and a bingo game. Net proceeds from this annual event will go to support Chamber services and programs, making it one of the Chamber’s largest fundraising events of the year. If you or others within your business or organization are interested in purchasing a ticket, please call the Chamber office at 330-337-3473 or e-mail Tammy @ [email protected]. The Salem Chamber appreciates everyone’s continued support and patronage. We hope you don’t miss out on your chance to socialize and network with fellow Chamber members and guests, while enjoying a delectable dinner and possibly winning a cash prize! Many thanks to the committee for work-ing so hard selling tickets and planning this event: Our Chairman, Frank Zamarelli, Jack Howells, Betty Brothers, Dan Scarpitti, Atty. Bruce Williams, Mary Winch Korff, Carl Romeo, & President Scott Jones.
Our Chamber’s Mission:
“We serve as the catalyst that creates the best possible environment
for business.”
Our Chamber’s Purpose: “We are organized to foster,
promote, and develop the advancement of the commercial, financial, professional and civic
interests of Salem and the surrounding area.”
Our Chamber’s Acronym For Success:
“We set PACE as we work to Promote...Advocate… Connect...Educate
for the business success of our Salem Chamber membership.”
Our Chamber’s Catchphrase:
SALEM UPDATE NEWS OF THE SALEM AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Salem Area Safety Council Update
Join us as we celebrate on Friday, April 15th, 2016 at the Salem Community Center for our an-
nual Safety Council Awards Banquet. The buffet lunch will begin promptly at 11:30 a.m. Over fifty local busi-nesses and organizations will receive recognition and certificates from the Division of Safety & Hygiene in the following categories: 100% Award: Presented to the company that
works the entire year without a lost-time injury or illness
Achievement Award: Presented to the company that decreases its incident rate by at least 25% from the previous year
Group Award: Presented to the company with the lowest incident rate in each group
Special Award: Presented to those companies that accumulate at least 500,000 hours and worked at least six months without a lost-time injury
Motivational speaker and humorist Kay Frances will speak on “A Funny Thing About Stress”. Reservations are required and can be made by contacting the Cham-ber @ [email protected] or call 330-337-3473. Payment must be made the day of the event by check, cash, or a lunch coupon. The deadline to make your reservation is Tuesday, April 12th by Noon. Safety Council monthly meetings are a great time to network and meet new people, as well as learn vital information on important safety related topics. Thank you very much to Lyle Printing & Publishing for donating the door prizes for March’s Safety Council luncheon meeting.
WELCOME NEW CHAMBER MEMBERS! Thank you to this month’s new members who are joining our other members as they keep
“PACE”! We are committed to Promote, Advocate, Connect, and Educate for
our Chamber investors:
COMDOC
6790 Belmont Avenue Girard, Ohio 44420
330-288-5106 Will Stolicny - Account Manager
DAS DUTCH VILLAGE INN 150 East State Route 14 Columbiana, Ohio 44408
330-482-5050 Rose Conrad - Marketing
GOODNESS GROWS 2310 W. South Range Road
North Lima, Ohio 44452 330-549-9408
Kitty Kromer - President
DAN SHIPLEY 2500 Lynn Road
North Lima, Ohio 44452 330-565-1427
Destination Excellence The Ohio BWC is offering FREE seminars across the state of Ohio to introduce businesses and organiza-tions to Destination: Excellence,
their bundle of programs that can help improve work-place safety, injured worker care, and lower workers’ compensation costs. As an added bonus by attending a seminar, your company can receive safety training credit for BWC’s Safety Council Rebate Program. At the seminar, you will hear real-life examples from fellow employers who have achieved improved safety and large savings with the Destination: Excellence pro-grams. The seminar will also cover the benefits, eligi-bility requirements, implementation and financial in-centives for enrollment. You can find a seminar date and location near you at the Destination Excellence-Ohio BWC website. Circle July 27th, 2016 on your calendar as the Salem Area Chamber will offer a Destination: Excellence presentation at a luncheon meeting at the Salem Com-munity Center. Watch for more details in upcoming newsletters and via your e-mail.
News of the Salem Chamber Ambassadors
Our thanks to friends from Huntington Bank/Huntington Insurance for a lively and very fun-filled Business After
Hours on March 16th. The St. Patrick’s Day celebratory event was very much enjoyed by those who attended this annual BAH. It was a wonderful evening of net-working with fellow Chamber members and guests. Watch for details in next month’s newsletter and via e-mail for our next Business After Hours event to be held at The Stone Trough on Wednesday, May 12th. Don’t forget that we do not hold Business After Hours through the summers months, so we hope to see you on May 12th. Business After Hours will begin again in September. Many thanks to the businesses and groups who sponsor our Chamber Business After Hours events that are enjoyed by so many !
Shared Marketing Will Help Chamber Member Businesses & The SACC
Have you ever considered the advantages of posting the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce logo on your business‘s website or on your e-mails that are sent out? How about a Facebook post that tells the world that you are a proud member of the Salem Chamber? New Chamber member, Bob Summers of Alcon Mechanical Piping, Inc. recently requested our Chamber logo so that he could place it on his emails and other correspondences. Bob stated that he would like to post this message: “Alcon believes in teamwork! One of the most important members of our team is the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce.” Within the next week, we will be sending out this
article and a jpeg copy of our Salem Chamber logo to
the entire membership. We hope your business will
please consider using us in your marketing strategies.
Thanks in advanced for your consideration!
Whistle While You Work! Grab your brooms, gloves, rakes, and
your clippers and your leaf blowers as
the Salem Beautification Committee gets
together on Saturday, April 23rd, 2016 at
9:00 a.m. at McCulloch Park on East
State Street, as we spruce up the city for the spring
and summer season. Don’t forget to label your personal
items.
Small and tall flower planters are still available in
the downtown for $25.00 for the “Adopt A Planter”
program. A marker will be placed in each planter with
the donor’s name. The donor may add “in honor of, or
in memory of” an organization or loved one. The Salem
Beautification Committee will purchase the flowers
and plant them in May. If you are interested, please
contact the Salem Chamber @ 330-337-3473. (Please
see attached flyers regarding this information.)
Salem Chamber’s Shining Stars!
Jason Reese, CEO of Atrium
Centers, LLC, (pictured @
right) is seen presenting Tony
Maroni, the Administrator of
Essex of Salem I the 2015
President’s Award, which is
the company’s top, most prestigious award. Atrium
Centers operates 42 nursing homes in 5 different states
with its headquarters located in Columbus, OH.
Huntington Bank won 8 awards of excellence
for small-business and commercial middle-market
banking from the financial services research firm
Greenwich Associates. This is the second year in a row
customers have recognized Huntington as a top bank
nationally and also regionally through the Greenwich
Associates. This year’s awards praise Huntington
Bank’s continued commitment to overall customer
satisfaction and the delivery of superior treasury man-
agement capabilities that help champion their business
success across the Midwest.
Congratulations to Essex of Salem and Huntington,
two of the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce’s shining
stars!
Do you have good news to share? We would like to
include your business or group in a “Shining Star” news
article. Please contact us today!
Rock Out With the Salem Chamber!
The Salem Chamber is “Pumping up the Volume” as we present the Battle of the Bands. This new event will
take place on Saturday, June 11th, 2016 during the Salem Super Cruise, in the Salem Chamber’s parking lot. Come and listen to some great music and vote for your favorite band. Participants will have a chance to win prizes as well as “bragging rights”. Bands will be judged by age group. You can download an entry form from our website @ salemohiochamber.org, or contact us via e-mail @ [email protected] or just call us @ 330-337-3473. We are looking forward to an exciting evening of awesome entertainment!
Looking Ahead Wednesday, May 11th, 2016 will be the next networking & educational opportunity for the membership as the Chamber will hold its May Business
Connection luncheon meeting at the Salem Commu-nity Center. Registration will begin at 11:45 a.m. A representative from Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s office will be speak on anti-trust laws. Our sponsors for 2016 will have the opportunity to set up a table display. More details in the May newsletter.
*Please note time change for this month’s special meeting. Buffet will open
promptly @ 11:30 a.m.
SA
LE
M B
EA
UT
IFIC
AT
ION
CO
MM
ITT
EE
The Salem Beautification Committee is excited to announce that the public will once again have the opportunity to purchase flowers for the downtown flower containers through the Adopt A Planter program. Individuals, family, groups or organizations are welcome. The S.B.C. will purchase the flowers and plant them in May. A marker will be placed in each planter with the donor’s name, and the donor may add in honor of, or in memory of an organization or a loved one.
To participate call Tammy @ the Chamber @ 330-337-3473 Make checks payable to:
Salem Area Chamber of Commerce
You can drop off your check or mail to: Salem Area Chamber of Commerce
713 East State Street Salem, Ohio 44460
February 2016
BWC Update News from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation
30 W. Spring St. Columbus, Ohio 43215-2256 | 1-800-644-6292 | www.bwc.ohio.gov |
Upcoming dates to remember
May 2016 May 1 – Policy year 2016 notice of
estimated annual premium mailed May 31 – Destination: Excellence
enrollment deadline for July 1, 2016, program year
June 2016 June 1 – Policy year 2016 premium
invoice mailed July 2016
July 1 – Policy year 2016 first installment due
July 1 – Policy year 2015 payroll true-up notice sent
August 2016 Aug. 15 – Policy year 2015 payroll
true-up report due November 2016
Nov. 21 – Policy year 2017 group-enrollment deadline
Are you prepared for the next steps in the new workers’ comp billing process? True-up coming in July
Ohio private employers have adjusted well to the new way BWC charges for workers’ compensation coverage. Last year’s change to prospective billing brought a much-needed move to the standard insurance industry practice of charging premiums in advance of extending coverage. Employers are now enjoying a number of benefits of the new billing system, including more flexible payment options, better customer service and a $1 billion premium credit provided by BWC to avoid double-billing employers during the switch. However, the transition process is not fully complete. The payroll true-up (true-up) is coming in July. True-up is a new process that requires employers to report their actual payroll for the previous policy year and reconcile any differences in premium paid. This is an important step that is necessary for BWC to accurately calculate your premium. It’s also critically important to maintaining your policy and your participation in your current rating plan or discount programs.* You must complete the true-up report even if your payroll for the year matches the estimate you receive from BWC. Your policy year 2015 payroll true-up notice will be sent July 1 and your report will be due by August 15. Reports must be submitted online at bwc.ohio.gov or by phone at 1-800-644-6292. Please keep in mind our call center may be experiencing heavy call volumes during the final weeks before the August 15 due date, attributing to longer wait times. We encourage you to create an e-account that allows you to manage your policy, pay bills and complete the payroll true-up. Learn how to create an e-account here, and visit bwc.ohio.gov to get started. Please contact our call center if you already have an e-account but don’t remember your password or are otherwise unable to access your account. A number of videos, webinars and other resources about prospective billing are available at bwc.ohio.gov. *BWC will remove employers from their current rating plan or discount program if it does not receive a payroll true-up by the due date. Any outstanding payroll true-ups will render the employer ineligible for participation in future rating plans or discount programs until the all outstanding payroll true-ups are complete.
CareWorksComp offers a professional unemployment compensation cost control program. Ourexperienced team provides a unique, customized approach to each individual employer customer,tailoring our solutions to maximize your unemployment tax savings. Avoid the financial impact amismanaged claim or tax rate calculation error can have on your business for multiple years.
CareWorksComp’s Unemployment Compensation Program offers the following services:n Experience - CareWorksComp’s staff averages 20 years of unemployment claims and tax
management. Our staff helps reduce your administrative burden.n Claims Management - Experienced, well-trained claims consultants will aggressively protest
and appeal all unwarranted claims. Employers can avoid claim penalties and meet statutoryrequirements. No more dealing with time-sensitive and lengthy claim questionnaires.
n Claim Impact/Analysis - CareWorksComp provides financial analysis to determine the taxrate impact of particular claims. This is information businesses need to know in determiningwhen or if to protest a claim as well as for tax budgeting.
n Hearing Preparation/Representation - Save time and hassle by consulting with CareWorksComp on which separation issues are appropriate to challenge at a hearing. Representatives conduct pre-hearing conferences so all employer witnesses know what to expect.
n Benefit Charge Auditing - The improper payment rate for most unemployment state agencies is high. CareWorksComp’s auditing system will automatically check for erroneouscharges applied to your account. We protest all errors and track them until a credit is received.
n Customized Management Reports - CareWorksComp will provide you with customized reports, making them a valuable tool in reducing your unemployment costs.
n Account Review - Your assigned Account Executive can consult with you to review your unemployment experience and provide an in-depth analysis and solutions to reduce costs.
n Tax Analysis - CareWorksComp can offer tax analyses, including rate verifications, joint account analysis and voluntary contribution recommendations.
n Account Monitoring - Since unemployment rules and interpretations are subject to changeand vary among state agencies, CareWorksComp provides ongoing attention to monitoringemployer accounts, detecting errors in state agency processes and taking appropriate action for resolution on behalf of our customers.
n Review of Disciplinary Issues - Discuss employee disciplinary issues with CareWorksCompprior to the employment termination to help increase win ratio claim results.
n Workshops - Educational sessions can be held for managers and supervisors.
For more information about CareWorksComp’s Unemployment Compensation Program, contactus, toll-free, at 1-800-837-3200, ext. 57165 or [email protected].
