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The Big Question: Can Employers Require Workers to Vaccinate?
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on and more employers bring staff back to the workplace, many businesses are considering implementing mandatory vaccination policies for seasonal...
Protecting Your Business During Wildfires
With more wildfires raging across the West, it’s not only homes that are being burned to the ground. Hundreds of business owners have seen their...
Alert: New Law Creates COVID-19 Workers’ Comp Framework
Governor Newsom has signed legislation that creates a new framework for COVID-19-related workers’ compensation claims. SB 1159, which takes effect immediately, partly replaces an executive...
Study: New Tech Helps Stop Trucks from Rear-Ending Vehicles
A new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) reports that driver assistance technologies, such as automatic emergency braking and forward collision warning systems, have...
Cal/OSHA Conducts COVID-19 Sweeps, Proposes Huge Fines
Cal/OSHA has been conducting sweeps of employers in California to root out those who are not protecting their workers from COVID-19 exposure. The agency targeted...
Cal/OSHA Requires Employers to Protect Workers from Wildfire Smoke
As wildfires continue raging throughout California, Cal/OSHA has issued a reminder to employers that they are required to protect their outdoor workers from smoke if...
New Law Adds Independent Contractor, Freelance Exemptions to AB 5
A new law has come to the rescue of a number of freelance professions by exempting them from the onerous requirements of AB 5, which...
Protect Your Firm from Hacking by Disgruntled Former Employees
While hacking by outsiders is posing a larger and more significant threat to companies of all sizes, the threat of insider jobs – particularly by...
COVID-19 Claims Growing Among California Workers
The number of COVID-19 workers’ compensation claims in California has seen a steady climb, reaching a total of 31,612 from when the pandemic started until...
Telecommuting Workers Have Poor Ergonomics: Study
Most companies are serious about workplace safety and that goes even for office workers, whom they provide with proper chairs and ergonomically appropriate workstations. But...