As 2026 approaches, California employers are preparing for one of the most comprehensive rounds of employment law changes in recent years. From wage adjustments to new reporting mandates, these updates touch nearly…
Industry Insights from Bender Insurance Solutions CDI Takes Major Step Toward Insurance Reform with New Wildfire Risk Model Approval At Bender Insurance Solutions, we are committed to keeping our clients and partners…
The Departments of Treasury, Health and Human Services, and Labor have published updated indexed benefit and cost-of-living adjustments impacting employee benefit plans. This article offers a high-level overview of the affected…
When The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) fee is due annually by July 31. Use the second-quarter Form 720 to make your payment. (Note: Although Form 720 is a quarterly form, you only have…
By: Alison Bender, Select Commercial Lines Account Executive Currently in CA, employers may “prohibit the illegal use of drugs and the use of alcohol at the workplace by all employees”. What about…
Beginning January 1, 2023, employers in California will be subject to several new requirements aimed at promoting pay equity, as follows: Employers with 15 or more employees (located anywhere) will be required…
“I do not view OSHA’s announcement about suspending activities related to implementing and enforcing the [emergency temporary standard] as anything other than a public acknowledgment that it is complying with the Fifth…
SB 1159 amends existing workers’ compensation laws to address the impact of employees who contract COVID-19 and the extent that such illness is considered industrial, and therefore entitles the employee to workers’…
