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www.ohiorestaurant.org 7 Winter 2012 Issue

When Operating Your Business, Keep Informed of the Health and Safety Resources the ORA Provides

The ORA offers education and training products designed to help you run your operations as smoothly as possible

The ORA understands that many restaurant and foodservice professionals fnd their jobs fast-paced and, often times, very demanding. Customers often fail to realize that they are among many patrons who need your assistance. Ringing telephones and hungry clients keep you on your toes, not to mention all of the demands you juggle in the back-of-the-house. When a thousand things are piling up and your attention must constantly shift between countless scenarios, it can be easy to overlook the importance of health and safety concerns. But, it is also dangerous.

That’s why the ORA is here to help. The ORA takes an active interest in helping you stay abreast of health and safety concerns via our website’s industry-leading content. The ORA provides our members with relevant and functional solutions to today’s restaurant, food and alcohol safety issues.

Check out the Health and Safety section of ohiorestaurant.org. The goal of this section is to provide everyone on your staff with the most up-to-date information on a wide-range of health and safety topics. You’ll take your business to the next level with practical knowledge you can put to use right away!

To strengthen your business, look for information in the following areas:

Restaurant Safety & Training Information Resources: fnd resources that will support your safety training efforts

Restaurant Safety & Training Policies & Guides: fnd policies, guides, and safety training information that will help you successfully train your staff to help limit costly workers’ compensation claims. Why reinvent the wheel?

Restaurant Safety & Training Videos & Multimedia: use these resources to train your staff on safety.

Restaurant Safety Consultants: want more information on developing your own safety culture, policies, and training information? Look no further. Our safety consultants, RiskControl360°, can help you with that and much more!

ORA’s Workers’ Compensation Group Rating Plan Provides Your Business with Discounts and Other Protections

The ORA’s group rating plan offers Ohio’s foodservice professionals access to the restaurant industry’s most established plan

The Ohio Restaurant Association’s Group Rating Plan offers you more than just a discount. We offer a support system to both prevent workplace accidents and protect you if they do occur.

Group Stability. Currently, more than 1,300 companies participate in the Ohio Restaurant Association’s Group Rating Plan. It is important to belong to a large group rating program that is industry specifc because the larger and more industry specifc the group, the less vulnerable it is to projection fuctuations.

The ORA partners with CareWorks Consultants, Inc. to offer our members the only group rating program specifcally designed for the restaurant industry. ORA’s group plan helps employers achieve the highest group rating discount possible.

A Team to Support You. When you choose the ORA Group, you automatically add a team of experts to your staff.

• RiskControl360° - Safety partner - They will help minimize claims through a free safety inspection and evaluation and comprehensive risk management education.

• CareWorks Consultants Inc. - Group TPA - Expert staff specifcally assigned to help you navigate through the process. For 20 years, CareWorks Consultants has been providing ORA members with total workers’ compensation cost-control solutions.

• CareWorks - Managed care organization - As the ORA’s MCO, CareWorks provides more than 150,000 Ohio employers high quality medical management services for workplace injury claims. CareWorks is focused on getting your injured workers the care they need and getting their lives back on track.

What Do Your Peers Say About the ORA’s Workers’ Compensation and Health and Safety Programs?

“The ORA provides me great savings through the ORA Workers’ Compensation Group Rating Plan,” said Julie Chuang, the owner and operator of The House of Japan,

Columbus & Dublin. “Whenever I have a question, I appreciate that I can call an ORA representative and they are able to talk to me about the program. I also love the

dual membership I get with both the Ohio Restaurant Association and the National Restaurant Association. I’mvery happy to be a member.”