by Ridgemark Insurance | Sep 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
Workers’ compensation fraud costs the insurance industry roughly $5 billion each year, according to estimates by the National Insurance Crime Bureau. Depending on whom you ask, fraud accounts for as much as 10% of the costs of all workers’ comp claims. This type of...
by Ridgemark Insurance | Sep 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
Two bills wending their way through the state Legislature would increase the amount of sick days workers in the Golden State can take as well as expand — once again — the definition of “family” for the purposes of paid family leave. Business groups have come out...
by Ridgemark Insurance | Sep 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
The U.S. Department of Labor has issued its long-awaited proposed changes to the nation’s overtime rules for American workers, proposing to increase the threshold for exempt status by more than 50% to $55,000. If the proposed rules become permanent rules, employers...
by Ridgemark Insurance | Sep 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
A controversial bill that would require every employer in California to have in place a workplace violence prevention plan has been passed by the State Senate and is now in play in the Assembly.The bill — SB 553 — would require any company with at least one worker to...
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