The magic number in age discrimination suits under federal law is forty years old, that’s right, forty! You might not think you have “older workers” but you probably do. So it’s time to start creating policies to make sure you are not discriminating.
We’ve all been on the other side of cash register, buying some item at a retail store when the cashier asks, “Can I have your zip code please?” And of course you comply. Why not?
Renewing your Workers’ Compensation insurance shouldn’t be an automatic.
There’s been a lot of confusion regarding upcoming changes for Workers’ Compensation rates and rightly so. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California wants to lower the current rate by 1.8% based on what businesses are currently being charged but last year the same bureau wanted to increase rates by around 27%. So which […]
Hurricane Irene continues to wreck havoc on the East Coast and of course, here in California our eye is always on “The Big One,” so the question on my mind this morning is
Amazingly one of the major issues holding up the NFL labor agreement concerned players who have played one game in California being able to file for California Workers’ Compensationeven if they weren’t injured here.
Here Are Some Potential Red Flags.
When the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) recently recommended decreasing their premium rate by 1.8 percent my first thought was, “That seems odd.” I mean, I understand that Workers’ Compensation claims are down overall by 1.6 percent in California alone but that’s just because of a major reduction in the workforce. Fewer jobs. Fewer […]