Jun 25, 2022 | Business Insurance, Business Operations, Workers’ Compensation
THE WORKERS’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California is recommending that advisory benchmark workers’compensation rates increase an average of 7.6% starting Sept. 1. The proposal comes as the economy heats up and workplace injuries increase, all while... 
Jun 15, 2022 | Business Insurance, Business Operations, Employement Practices
THE OCCUPATIONAL Safety and Health Administration has revived a regulation that would change which employers have to file their injury and illness logs electronically, inparticular increasing reporting requirements for companies in high-hazard industries. The proposed... 
Jun 4, 2022 | Business Insurance, Business Operations, Risk Management
MORE BUSINESSES are getting unwelcome letters notifying them they’ve impinged on someone’s copyright when they used an image found on the internet. This can happen when businesses build their own websites, or upload blog posts on their website or marketing or... 
May 30, 2022 | Business Insurance, Business Operations, Risk Management
LONG-COVID workers’ compensation cases are making life complicated for insurers as the workers can continue requiring treatment and doctors’ visits possibly indefinitely. In California, insurers are required to extend workers’ compensation benefits to anyone who is... 
May 21, 2022 | Business Insurance, Business Operations
A NEW MEASURE in the state Legislature would change the definition of a workweek to 32 hours from the current 40 for employers with 500 or more workers. The bill, AB 2932, would require overtime pay of at least time and a half for any employees who work more than four... 
May 15, 2022 | Business Insurance, Business Operations, Risk Management
THE SAFE use of heavy equipment is critical when machinery msuch as bulldozers, graders or ground-moving equipment is mused in the construction of new homes, bridges, shopping malls or industrial stuctures. The size and weight of these heavy machines make them...