Mar 5, 2021 | Business Insurance, Business Operations
Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Inspections Pick Up Steam AFTER ISSUING emergency regulations in November, Cal/OSHA began to step up its enforcement of COVID-19 protections in California workplaces. The types of business being cited cut across many sectors. Although most are... 
Feb 28, 2021 | Business Insurance, Business Operations
SB 1159, signed into law in September, requires that when a California employer learns that an employee has tested positive for coronavirus, it must report that positive case to its workers’ compensation carrier within three business days. There is a lot of ground to... 
Feb 25, 2021 | Business Insurance, Business Operations
THE $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill, passed by Congress and signed into law on Dec. 27, includes a number of provisions that affect employers and their workers in terms of paid sick leave and Emergency Family and Medical Leave Act provisions. The legislation also... 
Feb 18, 2021 | Business Insurance, Business Operations
EVEN BUSINESSES that own fleets of autos sometimes use vehicles that do not belong to them. Often, a business asks an employee to run an errand or visit a customer or vendor using that employee’s car. The organization may become legally liable for anything an employee... 
Feb 12, 2021 | Business Insurance, Business Operations, California Insurance
COMMERCIAL AUTO insurance rates have been on the rise since 2011, increasing often by more than 10% a year as accidents and claims costs have soared. The trucking industry has been the hardest hit by the steep increases, and there are a number of factors contributing... 
Jan 29, 2021 | Business Insurance, Business Operations
HILE THE number of COVID-19 workers’ compensation cases filed in California continues to grow, total workplace injury and illness claims in the state fell nearly 20% in the first nine months of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019. Through November, the state had...