Aug 14, 2020 | Business Insurance, Business Operations
DUE TO the COVID-19 pandemic, California’s workers’ compensation rating agency plans to implement a new class code for telecommuting employees on Jan 1, 2021. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California started work on the new classification as... 
Aug 7, 2020 | Business Insurance, Business Operations
T HE DEPARTMENT of Insurance has approved emergency workers’ compensation rules dealing with COVID-19 and California employers. The rules were recommended by the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau to bring fairness for employers’ experience rating during... 
Jul 26, 2020 | Business Insurance, Business Operations
T HE NOVEL coronavirus has caused immeasurable suffering, both physical and economic. For employers struggling to stay in business, this is a fraught time where mistakes in managing their workforces could lead to employee lawsuits. Here are 10 potential trouble spots... 
Jul 23, 2020 | Business Insurance, Business Operations
THERE IS some good news coming out in terms of COVID-19 and workers’ compensation in California. Overall workers’ comp claims tied to the coronavirus may not be as numerous and as costly as originally thought. Gov. Gavin Newsom in early May announced that any worker... 
Jul 16, 2020 | Business Insurance, Business Operations
A NEW STUDY predicts that employer health care costs will be stable or could fall this year because medical care for people not infected with COVID-19 has actually declined precipitously during the pandemic, all of which would bode well for insurance rates. Part of... 
Jul 7, 2020 | Business Insurance, Business Operations
IN LATE MAY Fed-OSHA issued new guidance asking employers to investigate COVID-19 cases among their workers and report cases the employer deems were contracted in the workplace. The guidance recommends employers investigate the genesis of all COVID-19 cases among...