The Division of Occupational Health and Safety is making a move to once again change the standard on Heat Illness Prevention. I know, this is not a shocker, but in reality it makes no sense. Just as recently as last year a major overhaul (some would call plain stupid) on
What if I told you that one $4 change could reduce the incidents of field ladder falls by 60+%? Do you think that this might have an effect on the overall cost of your Workers Compensation coverage? The 2013 WCIRB Report on 2013 California Workers Compensation Losses and Expenses reports that
Barrett Business Systems (BBSI) has recently admitted to under-reserving their workers comp losses to 62% of their value through 2012. This caused them to have to start infusing $80 million in capital to shore up old loss reserves. Unfortunately the PEO type self insured program only lists $52 million in
Governor Brown recently signed AB 1897 into law which has eliminated certain protections and defensible positions once afforded to clients of Labor Contractors. The ability of these Labor Clients to keep employees at arms length is over. Now the client will directly share a responsibiilty with the labor contractor on a wide
There have been numerous veiled attempts to place workplace state compliance issues and labor law violations at the feet of the clients of Farm Labor Contractors. Various state legislators (usually from Los Angeles for some reason) have been chipping away at the protections provided farmers who decide to utilize farm labor
The ACA added two health coverage reporting requirements to the Internal Revenue Code. Both take effect for 2015, with the first reports due in early 2016: IRC § 6056 requires large employers (50 or more full-time employees including full-time equivalents) to file annual reports detailing the health coverage they offer to
Signed by Gov. Brown on 6/28/14. Here you go: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/13-14/bill/sen/sb_1351-1400/sb_1360_bill_20140620_enrolled.pdf http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/13-14/bill/asm/ab_2751-2800/ab_2751_bill_20140624_enrolled.pdf I am regularly amazed that representatives from Los Angeles make policy that adversely affects businesses in the valley that they have no knowledge of. I just wish to inform you, I will save my opinion on these for another blog.
Defining the “Seasonal Employee” under Health Care Reform There has been a lot of information and still a lot of misinformation concerning what is, and what isn’t a part-time or seasonal employee. Many business owners, and quite frankly many brokers and industry reps, are still mystified by the definition and scope
I just wanted to share you a little story about a prospect that called me for help with an Experience Modification issue. A local agricultural operation just got their first Experience Mod after going over the minimum premium level using pure premium rates against his payroll for the 2011-12 year. This would
Your Mod is at Risk As you may already know, Ullico Casualty Insurance Co. has been placed in liquidation and the Department of Insurance for the State of Delaware is currently handling this liquidation. Unfortunately, claims and payroll information for the various businesses that Ullico insured is not being sent to the