As work on trying to overhaul the Affordable Care Act continues, lawmakers are considering a bold and what would likely be a controversial move to eliminate the tax exclusion for employer-sponsored health benefits.
Ransomware is turning out to be the biggest cyber threat facing companies in 2017 after attacks more than quadrupled in 2016 from the year prior, according to a new study.
Employers need to respond swiftly when employees complain about discrimination or harassment and the response must be effective, a U.S. District appeals court has held.
One of the most important workplace safety tools that you can put to use is the reporting of near misses and correcting the factors that led to such a close encounter.
The steamroller everyone expected from President Trump and the GOP-led Congress to flatten the Affordable Care Act has been put on idle and what was a promised quick outright repeal has morphed into a plan to “repair” the law.
More employers are testing new hires in physical jobs to establish a baseline in case they ever file a workers’ comp claim down the road.
The IRS has started sending letters to some employers asking them where their Affordable Care Act returns are, according to the National Association of Health Underwriters.
Federal OSHA implemented a new rule on Jan. 17 that is aimed at reducing slip, trip and fall hazards in the workplace.
Last week we discussed how . This week we continue talking about reforms. The state Senate in December held a hearing focusing on the abuse of prescription drugs and children getting access to the medications from their parents’ medicine cabinets. The hearing was not centered on workers’ compensation prescriptions, but Association of California Insurance Companies […]
As the new year starts rolling, state legislators have been busy introducing workers’ comp legislation, and reports from the Capitol are that this could be the year for employers and labor to work together on a measure that would increase payments to injured workers and include offsetting cost reductions.