California’s Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill by Senator Toni G Atkins that would make a workers compensation bill passed in 2014 for firefighters and peace officers permanent. The original bill, AB 1035 which was passed in 2014, was set to expire Jan 1, 2019. Here is more on the bill SB 1086 – Workers’… Continue reading CA Governor Jerry Brown Signs Workers Compensation Bill for Firefighters and Peace Officers
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NLRB Pushes to Rescind Obama-Era Union Ruling
The National Labor Relations Board has proposed rolling back an Obama-era job ruling that made it easier for contractors and workers at franchised businesses to form unions and collectively bargain with big corporations. On Thursday, the body overseeing union-employer disputes released a proposal to abandon a 2015 decision by the prior, Democratic-controlled board that ruled… Continue reading NLRB Pushes to Rescind Obama-Era Union Ruling
August Commercial Insurance Renewal Rates Bounce Back Across Nearly All Major Lines
IVANS®, a division of Applied Systems®, today announced the results of IVANS Index for the month of August, the insurance industry’s premium renewal rate index. Bouncing back from last month’s results of decreasing rate change across almost all lines of business, August results show positive change across nearly all major commercial lines except for Commercial… Continue reading August Commercial Insurance Renewal Rates Bounce Back Across Nearly All Major Lines
Telocon Solutions and Company Nurse Integrate to Lessen the Pain of Workers Comp for California School Districts
Telocon Solutions, creator of Cypher – the leave tracking and claims management software, and Company Nurse LLC, the premier nurse triage service for workplace injuries, have integrated to ease the administration of employee leave for school districts of California. The two companies have seamlessly integrated the flow of employee workplace injury data for school districts… Continue reading Telocon Solutions and Company Nurse Integrate to Lessen the Pain of Workers Comp for California School Districts
Workers’ Comp Drug Spend Continues to Drop: CompPharma Study
CompPharma’s 14th Annual Survey of Prescription Drug Management in Workers’ Compensation showed an average 11 percent reduction in payers’ pharmacy spend, driven by a 13.3 percent reduction in opioid cost. The survey analyzed the 2016 pharmacy cost data of 23 workers’ compensation insurance carriers, third-party administrators, self-insured employers, and state funds. Working with their pharmacy… Continue reading Workers’ Comp Drug Spend Continues to Drop: CompPharma Study