JUNE 14, 2021 – WORKCOMPWIRE Washington, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently announced it will issue an emergency temporary standard to protect healthcare workers from contracting coronavirus. The... OCTOBER 15, 2020 – WORKCOMPWIRE Oakland, CA – The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) is clarifying the application of the July 1, 2020 rule regarding the treatment of payroll for employees who continue to be paid while they... SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 – WORKCOMPWIRE Sacramento, CA – Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed two bills as part of his worker protection package, SB 1159 by Senator Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo) and AB 685 by Assemblymember Eloise Gómez Reyes (D-San Bernardino). SB... AUGUST 28, 2020 – WORKCOMPWIRE Boca Raton, FL – NCCI released a new Insights brief on the impact of fee schedule updates on Hospital Outpatient Services (HOPs). As a cost control measure, and to ensure access to hospital services, some states have... AUGUST 28, 2020 – WORKCOMPWIRE Albany, NY – New York State’s largest workers’ compensation carrier – the New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) recently announced the introduction of a new COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Premium Credit Program... AUGUST 27, 2020 – WORKCOMPWIRE Oakland, CA – The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) recently submitted its January 1, 2021 Pure Premium Rate Filing to the California Department of Insurance (CDI), proposing advisory pure... 
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