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INSURANCE RATES are rising rapidly for contractors, particularly for builder’s risk and excess liability policies as the cost of claims continues to increase dramatically.While rates for builder’s risk have been averaging 10 to 20%, pricing for excess liability and...

THE OWNERS of a California flooring installation company allegedly underreported their payroll amounts to workers’ compensation insurers to the tune of $30 million. The men are each facing three felony charges. These are the potential consequences for those who...

CAL/OSHA LAST November issued COVID-19 emergency temporary standards, and now the agency has revised those standards to reflect the reduced risk of infection as more people get vaccinated. The revisions provide respite to many businesses ahead of the planned reopening...

AS MORE Americans return to the workplace, employers are now facedwith the difficult issue of transitioning reluctant staff back as well as complaints and legal action from the most reluctant of workers. Already some returning workers have started to sue their...

PRESIDENT BIDEN’S Labor Department has rescinded a Trump-era rule that would have made it easier for businesses to classify workers as independent contractors instead of employees under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. In the last month of the Trump...

THE WORKERS’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has recommended that benchmark workers’ comp rates be increased by an average of 2.7%, for policies incepting on or after Sept. 1. The recommendation has been sent to Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara,...