Oct 23, 2021 | Business Insurance, Business Operations
ONE OF the best ways to avoid workplace injuries is through regular housekeeping and tidying up. Though businesses are not required to have written housekeeping procedures, keeping a tidy and organized workplace makes the job of safety compliance easier. Your written... 
Oct 18, 2021 | Business Insurance, Business Operations, Workplace Safety
THE BIDEN administration has announced plans to mandate businesses with 100 or more employees to require their workers to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or be tested for the coronavirus on a weekly basis. The order is part of a sweeping six-part “Path Out of the Pandemic”... 
Oct 7, 2021 | Business Insurance, Business Operations, Workers’ Compensation
MANY COMPANIES are often taken off guard when their workers’ comp X-Mod shoots up after a merger or acquisition. The experience modifier spike is usually the result of the other employer having a less than stellar workplace safety record and high workers’ comp claims... 
Sep 30, 2021 | Business Insurance, Business Operations
AFTER A CONTINUOUS decline in COVID-19 workers’ compensation claims in California, the number of claims soared nearly 300% from June to July, according to new data. In July, 2,581 workers filed workers’ comp claims for contracting COVID-19 on the job, up 282% from 676... 
Sep 23, 2021 | Business Insurance, Business Operations
DESPITE A LAW requiring that Cal/OSHA create indoor heat illness regulations by 2019, no regulations are yet on the books, making for a difficult situation as many parts of California are experiencing some of the highest temperatures on record. The workplace safety... 
Sep 16, 2021 | Business Insurance, Business Operations
MORE BUSINESSES in wildfireprone areas are facing a difficult commercial property insurance market as insurers reduce their exposure and some have left the market altogether. Many businesses in areas that have already been ravaged by fires in the past, or those...