Apr 21, 2021 | Business Insurance, Business Operations
OSHA RECENTLY updated its COVID-19 safety guidance to recommend that employees who have been vaccinated should continue wearing face masks, social distance and comply with any other COVID-19 safety protocols while on the job. That means that the same workplace... 
Apr 15, 2021 | Business Insurance, Business Operations
COVID-19 WORKERS’ compensation claims have not been as widespread as insurers and ratings agencies around the country had predicted when the pandemic started exploding in early 2020. Also, a large chunk of COVID-19 workers’ compensation claims filed by workers... 
Apr 9, 2021 | Business Insurance, Business Operations
CYBER INSURANCE rates are going to increase dramatically in 2021, driven by more frequent and more severe insured losses, according to a recent industry study. The report by global insurance firm Aon plc predicted that rates would jump by 20% to 50% this year due to... 
Apr 1, 2021 | Business Insurance, Business Operations
NEW LEGISLATION would bar employers in California from testing their employees for cannabis use to deny or terminate employment. If, AB 1256, would bar employers from using hair or urine tests to check if their employees use marijuana, because those tests do not test... 
Mar 26, 2021 | Business Insurance, Business Operations
IN THE last month of the Trump administration, the Labor Department finalized a regulation to clarify for employers which workers are employees and which are independent contractors. Because independent contractors are typically ineligible for employee benefits,... 
Mar 22, 2021 | Business Insurance, Business Operations
THE COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on the nation’s workforce, and one of the biggest changes is in the amount of people that are now working from home. A new survey has found that the majority of working professionals who were forced to start working...