Here’s the 2020 Workers’ Comp Assessment Rates

Insured and self-insured employers will be paying more to run the California workers’ comp system next year.  The Department of Industrial Relations boosted the assessment rate for the workers’ compensation administration fund. Overall, assessments for all payers are now over $1 billion. It’s roughly $60 million higher than for 2019. The total assessment rate for … Read More »

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Employer Assessments Drop by 28%

To the relief of employers, assessment rates that pay for the programs within the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) have dropped by 28% for 2012, according to DIR. Assessments levied by DIR are paid by surcharges on employers’ workers’ comp policies and those that are self-insured. The total assessment collected for 2011-2012 is $291.6 million, … Read More »

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Individual Assessments on the Rise, DIR Says

The Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) says the amount of money it will need to run its operations in the coming year is within a percentage point of last year’s final adjusted gross assessment. But DIR officials say that insured employers may see a 9% to 10% increase when their bill is mailed later this … Read More »

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LXXXVII Wall Street on the Delta

Accountability has become a new catchphrase along the Potomac as Congress plans to spend more than $1 trillion to resuscitate our flagging economy. The Bush administration’s inability to adequately account … Read More »

Assessments Rise in Fiscal 2009-2010 —How Bad Will It Be?

California employers are being called on to kick in a little more for next fiscal year. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Fraud Fund assessment is going up, but that’s not all. A fifth assessment fund is being added this year, an addition that may cause employers to feel the pinch along with likely rate increases in … Read More »

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