It will be a hectic year for the Department of Industrial Relations as it undertakes roughly 50 rulemaking packages across its various units. Driving much of the mishegoss is the plethora of legislation passed and signed last year requiring the agency to implement new or update existing regulations. The regular rulemaking cycle is also engaged. …
The National Labor Relations Board adopted a new final rule that experts say could end up ensnaring more employers in a joint-employment situation. The new final rule is slated to take effect December 26th but is facing opposition in Congress and legal challenges being pursued in federal court. The rule was adopted by a three-to-one …
Opinion: BrickStreet Blew It There is no question that BrickStreet Mutual is a West Virginia employer that depends on the West Virginia businesses and their premium payments for its existence. …
Mainstay Business Solutions and other similarly situated staff leasing companies and professional employer organizations are scrapping with the Contractors State License Board over whether or not its contractor clients are covered by Mainstay’s certificate of self-insurance. Out of the blue, lawyers for Mainstay say CSLB is balking. And for Mainstay, this means repudiation of an …
Investigators Find Bakersfield Man’s ‘X-Files’ A Bakersfield employer who defrauded State Compensation Insurance Fund by scheming to underreport payroll gets a sentence of about three months in jail. Investigators searching …
Cirque du Soleil Benefits Manager Illuminates Her Unique Role How can an employer provide health insurance for workers who travel 100 percent of the time? How should it calculate risk …
Employer Settles with Illegal Immigrant over Chainsaw Incident An illegal immigrant who accidentally slashed his face open with a chainsaw in 2006 wins a $30,000 settlement in a groundbreaking case …
Maine High Court Approves Offset of Workers’ Comp Payout The Maine Supreme Court rules that an employer may offset a workers’ compensation obligation by the lump sum paid to an …