The Contractors State License Board (CSLB), in conjunction with the Madera County District Attorney’s Office (DA), California Department of Insurance (CDI), and the Department of Consumer Affairs’ Division of Investigations (DOI), recently conducted successful undercover operations targeting unlicensed contractors in…
More and more employers are banning cell phones in the workplace because they are distracting enough to be a serious safety issue for workers. The Digital Distraction & Workplace Safety study, issued by Screen Education, reported that survey 14% of…
Life in most of parts of California comes with the inherent risk that an earthquake can strike suddenly and without warning. You probably didn’t know that the state has more than 10,000 seismic events every year, but fortunately most of…
Getting a company car is a coveted perk for employees, but it can also cause some coverage issues with your personal auto policy. The standard auto policy excludes coverage for non-owned vehicles furnished or available for your regular use. This…
Workers’ compensation insurers are grappling with covering claims for workplace COVID-19 infections that develop into long COVID, as those claims may stay open for years in some cases. For companies in states that adopted laws requiring workers’ comp insurers to…