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NFL Workers Compensation Insurance Lawsuits Consolidated in California
I Would Hate to See The NFL's Workers Compensation Rates After This Lawsuit...... California law allows NFL players to make a claim in California if they have played at least one game in the state. The plaintiffs argue that the arbitration award violates California...
Reduce Your Workers Compensation Insurance Costs by Effectively Using Light Duty Assignments With Your Injured Employees.
When I owned my own multi state, 15K+ employee staffing company for 16 years, I often had discussions with my Professional Employer Organization (PEO) workers compensation risk management specialist about how I could control my workers compensation insurance costs....
21M Reasons Why One Company Should Have Used a Professional Employer Organization
While it is hard to generalize from one legal case, this one may help you to understand why partnering with a Professional Employer Organization (PEO) can save you time and money. A Customer Service representative sued her employer after she was fired for having...
Memo to Staffing Client: “Help, my costs are going up”
I speak to dozens of staffing company owners each month. All size companies and all niches. Almost all of them are seeing their payroll costs increasing and are not sure what to do about them. There are 3 reasons that this is happening now: Increased healthcare...
Feeling the HEAT in February
Last weeks blog generated ALOT of feedback from staffing owners who could relate to the additional pressure or "HEAT" they feel these days about workers compensation insurance. One of the staffing owners said, "Everyday I feel like I am one accident away from losing...
Report from the Front Lines – Staffing Companies Search For Workers Compensation Insurance
Since the first of the year, I have spoken with about 30 staffing owners concerning their workers compensation insurance. After reviewing my notes, I find these calls can be categorized into 3 areas. 1. Panicked staffing owner -- Their Agent assumed workers...
The World History of Workers Compensation Insurance
Did you think that the workers compensation insurance system was started in the United States? Or did you think it was started in the early twentieth century? You would be wrong on both accounts. The earliest record of workers compensation insurance dates back to ...
Checking out a Professional Employer Organization (PEO) – When Shopping for Workers Compensation Insurance
As more and more staffing companies are considering using a PEO for their workers compensation insurance, human resource and payroll services, it is important that each staffing company thoroughly review the PEO's credentials with an experienced staffing PEO broker....
Recent FAQ’s about Obamacare from the Department of Labor and Health and Human Services
Here is a good link dealing with Obamacare distributed by HHS. I have to admit as a staffing owner / consultant for 25 years, I have to shake my head in disbelief about how complicated and cumbersome this new government program seems like it will be for our industry....
The IRS Is On The Scene For Obamacare
I have been listening to many staffing company owners as they consider ways to minimize their health care (Obamacare ) tax exposure. While the final rules are yet to be written, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is already putting out warnings about employers who try...
Increase Use of Temporaries May Lead To Companies Taking Workplace Safety Less Seriously
The link/ article below mentions some interesting trends about work place safety. Specifically, the article highlights that companies are using temporary workers to mitigate or negate their responsibility to provide a safe work place for ALL workers. While the...
Affordable Care Act (ACA) Updates
This link has the latest information on the ACA. This is a must read for staffing company owners. http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=b76a1e19-0f17-4fb1-b9ff-0ce1e0dd8621 Please feel free to contact me @ 202 302 1212 to see how partnering with a Professional...