by Ridgemark Insurance | May 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
California employers will recall that Cal/OSHA last November issued COVID-19 emergency temporary standards that were controversial. Now the agency is looking to implement revisions to the standards to make them less burdensome and more reflective of the current state...
by Ridgemark Insurance | May 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has approved a regulatory filing that will change the premium threshold for employers to qualify for an experience modifier (X-Mod). The approval was part of a larger regulatory filing the Workers’ Compensation Rating...
by Ridgemark Insurance | May 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
As summer nears many companies are ramping up hiring of teen workers, and many companies are taking them on as they deal with the labor shortage as the country emerges from the pandemic. Others employ them year round. Taking on a teen worker comes with added...
by Ridgemark Insurance | Apr 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
In an unusual move, the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has filed with the Department of Insurance a recommendation that benchmark workers’ comp rates in the state be increased by an average of 2.7%, effective Sept. 1 of this year....
by Ridgemark Insurance | Apr 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
The deadline is fast approaching for employers with 50 or more staff in California, and who do not already offer their employees a retirement plan, to register for the CalSavers Retirement Savings Program. As of April 7, more than 10,000 employers had already...
by Ridgemark Insurance | Apr 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
The costs for businesses when their employees are involved in car accidents on and off the job are staggering, at $72.2 billion a year, according to a new study. The “Cost of Vehicle Crashes to Employers ― 2019” study, released in March 2021 by the Network for...
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