Sep 30, 2022 | Business Insurance, Workers’ Compensation
ALTHOUGH WE are in a low workers’ compensation rate environment, eventually the market will turn and rateswill start to rise. While you may not feel much urgency now if you have a few claims, once rates turn, those claims could become more magnified and start... 
Sep 22, 2022 | Business Insurance, Workplace Safety
THE Cal/OSHA Standards Board is set to vote on a permanent COVID-19 workplace safety standard on Sept. 15, that would take effect at the start of 2023. The permanent standard will replace the temporary emergency standard that took effect in 2020 after the pandemic... 
Sep 13, 2022 | Business Insurance, Employement Practices
CALIFORNIA’S PAID Family Leave program allows California workers to take paid leave to bond with a new child (through birth, adoption or foster care) or to care for a seriously ill family member. While it’s great for the employee, that can sometimes leave the employer... 
Sep 5, 2022 | Business Insurance, Business Operations
INFLATION IS not just affecting the cost of food and fuel. It’s also spilled over to the price of almost every industrial item, as well as building materials and services. Anybody running a business, particularly one that carries inventories or has to invest in... 
Aug 31, 2022 | Business Insurance
EMPLOYERS ARE increasingly turning to voluntary benefits to personalize their benefit offerings, support their employees’ overall well-being, and attract and retain talent. Nearly half of 320 large employers polled by Willis Towers Watson said they expect voluntary...