by Ridgemark Insurance | May 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
As we get closer to another scorching California summer, Cal/OSHA is reminding employers with outdoor workers to take precautions to protect them against heat illness. California employers need to be especially mindful as Cal/OSHA has workplace safety regulations...
by Ridgemark Insurance | May 5, 2026 | Uncategorized
California’s workers’ compensation rate-making agency has recommended that average benchmark “pure premium” rates increase by 10.4% for policies incepting on or after Sept. 1, 2026. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau cited an increase in cumulative...
by Ridgemark Insurance | Apr 28, 2026 | Uncategorized
One of the most important workplace safety tools you can implement is reporting near misses and correcting the factors that lead to them. A near miss is an event that could have led to a workplace injury, illness or death. While you are not required to report near...
by Ridgemark Insurance | Apr 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
While tools used in construction, agriculture, manufacturing and other industries make workers’ lives easier, they can also pose a danger of injury or death if used incorrectly or if they malfunction, to the worker using the tool, co-workers and the public. Injured...
by Ridgemark Insurance | Apr 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
The rise of generative artificial intelligence is creating a troubling new category of workplace risk: employees using AI-generated “deepfakes” to harass, humiliate or retaliate against co-workers. While harassment claims are nothing new, employers should be aware...
by Ridgemark Insurance | Apr 7, 2026 | Uncategorized
The National Labor Relations Board has formally reinstated its 2020 rule governing when a company is deemed a joint employer under labor law, loosening standards put in place during the Biden administration. This pro-business shift will make it harder for workers to...
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