The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau sent Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara its proposed updates to the Uniform Statistical Reporting Plan and the Experience Rating Plan regulations to take effect September …
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau is moving to file a separate rate for California’s 8871 telecommuter class. The rate currently mirrors the 8810 clerical classification. The move comes as the first Uniform Statistical Reports (USRs) are starting to roll in and show what many predicted from the day the class was created — drastically …
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau is moving ahead with its plan to split the 9079 Restaurant and Taverns classification into six new classes that it says better segregates the covered risks into distinct operations (see chart). The proposed changes will be part of its September 1, 2023, regulatory filing, but the actual class reassignments …
Changes in a company’s ownership structure, be it a buy-out or a merger with another entity, can significantly impact the X-Mod that’s ultimately applied to the risk. Officials with the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau say the first step is determining the ownership of all involved entitles. The California Workers’ Compensation Experience Rating Plan – …
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s Classification and Rating committee members supported a plan to divide Classification 9079, covering restaurants and taverns, into six different classifications. The separate classes will still be combined for rate-making purposes, but for how long is the question? A formal proposal to split the classification will be on the committee’s …
A multiagency enforcement program that uses public and private data to target employers likely operating without workers’ comp coverage completed inspections of 56 employers and cited 29 for operating in violation of Labor Code section 3700. Another 11 employers that were allegedly found to be violating state wage and hour laws and were cited. Additional …
Insurer representatives on the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s Classification and Rating Committee approved a proposal for an in-depth, multi-year study of the food manufacturing industry classifications. WCIRB officials say internal diagnostic tools indicate that some classes may no longer be homogenous groups of employers with similar loss experience. The Bureau is a private organization …
The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board will take a new look at a truck driver’s claim for workers’ comp benefits. He received the subject injuries while being arrested. The driver, Christopher Johnson, was arrested for failing to produce an ID during a traffic stop. The Fourth District Court of Appeal granted the WCAB’s request to remand …