Details Emerge About the MEWA’s Operations
Officials with Omega Community Labor Alliance were back on the witness stand, including the former CEO William Flores who skipped the first hearing, in an effort to lift the California …
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Applied Underwriters- Is the Sale In Trouble?
The Iowa Insurance Department has approved the sale of the Applied Underwriters’ related companies but with very telling conditions. California and Texas officials have, so far, not approved the deals. …
MEWA Still Operating Despite CDI Efforts
It’s now been nearly three years since the first cease and desist order to shut down a purported alternative to workers’ comp insurance, a MEWA – Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement. …
DAs Get Fraud Funding Increase, But Less Than Sought
California’s district attorneys said they needed a 20% increase in funding to fight workers’ comp fraud to the fullest extent, but said they could make do with a 14% increase. …
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Labor Commissioner Nabbed 1,551 Workers’ Comp Scofflaws
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CIGA Stuck With Ullico Claim From Staffing Company
The Second District Court of Appeal says the California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA) is responsible for a special employee’s workers’ comp claim even though the special employer never signed a …
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Governor Signs Flawed AB 5 Legislation Into Law
Gov. Gavin Newsom wasted little time in signing AB 5 into law. The bill by Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) is supposed to codify the California Supreme Court’s Dynamex ABC test …
AB 5 an Apparent Disaster
Legislative efforts to codify the California Supreme Court’s Dynamex decision and its “ABC” test for differentiating between independent contractors and employees are nearly complete. And they are –– says almost …
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