The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau officially requested approval of across-the-board increases to the dual wage thresholds, as well as increases in payroll minimums and maximums in limited classes. The California Department of Insurance will take public comment and hold a hearing later this spring on the proposed changes for September 1, 2026, policies. The …
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s Actuarial Committee will continue its work on the industry’s annual rate filing later this spring. But a portion of the regulatory filing affecting the experience rating plan is already portending another rate hike. Whereas the off-balance factor scrubbed two points off what could have been a request for a …
The Ventura District Attorney did not criminally prosecute a Ventura County temporary staffing company that prosecutors say operated for years without workers’ comp coverage, used forged certificates of insurance, backdated …
The WorkWhile app-based temporary staffing company agreed to pay $4.5 million under a stipulated partial judgment with the San Francisco City Attorney, with $4.1 million of that going to workers as restitution for unpaid wages. The company, however, is continuing to fight the government’s claims that its drivers are employees, not independent contractors, as the …
Three pairs of construction industry classes involved in the excavation and construction of sewers, gas mains, and water mains may be getting a $5-an-hour increase in the dual wage threshold. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s Classification & Rating Committee approved filing for the increase at its meeting last week. The final increase is $1 …
Welcome to 2026. Workers’ Comp Executive is starting its 36th year of covering California’s workers’ comp industry. Here is our annual look back at the biggest stories from the prior twelve months. In many instances, the top stories of 2025 brought closure to issues that had populated this annual review for several years, while other …
Industry concern over a proposed $6 increase in the hourly wage threshold for three construction industry dual wage classifications has forced the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau to delay action on the proposal until January, as it works to garner support for its plan. A Bureau committee, though, did approve a proposal that seeks to …