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WCIRB Regulatory Filing

The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s Governing Committee members voted unanimously to ask Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to approve regulatory changes that would amend the 8874 companion classification for some electronic industry risks and implement higher thresholds for the construction industry’s dual-wage classifications, among other changes. The regulatory filing to become effective September 1st, 2024, … Read More »

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Hazard Group Changes Impact Class Relativities

Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau officials say that updates to the retro hazard group (RHG) assignments are behind a higher-than-normal proportion of classes, seeing a 10% to 25% increase in their class relativity this year. However, fewer than the average number of classes will be limited to a 25% change next year, according to a … Read More »

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Changes For Class 8874

The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau established the 8874 companion classification last year to cover two classes in the electronics industry group. Now, it proposes shifting payroll from two more classes in the industry group next year with a third group to follow down the road. Class 8874 currently encompasses the payroll for employees engaged … Read More »

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Payroll Limit Changes Approved, More In The Works

In a new twist for California workers’ comp, the Bureau’s Classification and Rating Committee is formally recommending increasing the maximum payroll limits for two dozen classifications. The industry is used to this concept as applied to owners and executives. The Committee also gave Bureau staff the go-ahead to study setting a maximum payroll limit for … Read More »

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Dual Wage Threshold Increases In The Works

The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau is proposing to increase the thresholds that separate 16 dual-wage construction classifications into high- and low-wage groups for workers’ comp rate-making purposes. The proposed increases range from $1 to $4 per hour. The Bureau is a private organization with quasi-governmental responsibility. It is financially supported exclusively by insurance carriers … Read More »

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Trucking Industry, AG Square Off Again Over Contractor Test

The trucking industry will be back in Federal court in Southern California next week to renew its fight to block the State of California from imposing the ABC independent contractor test on truck drivers. The trucking industry initially won a preliminary injunction, but that lapsed last year after the Ninth Circuit ruled against it and … Read More »

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Minimum/Maximum Payroll Limits Changing

California’s workers’ comp system includes minimum and/or maximum payroll limits for two dozen classifications, as well as limits for owners and executives, and the limits are likely to go up next year. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau is proposing a 3.4% increase to account for projected wage inflation. See the chart nearby. The Bureau … Read More »

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Criminal Charges Against Garment Manufacturer & Labor Contractor

The Los Angeles County District Attorney filed criminal charges against the owner of a garment manufacturing business and the labor contractor that supplied workers. These charges were brought under a relatively new joint liability law that applies to wage theft and workers’ compensation. State officials also say it is the first prosecution to use newly … Read More »

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