The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) has calculated the 2012 assessments that state law requires workers' compensation insurers to collect from policyholders in order to fund the budget of the state Division of Workers' Compensation... Read More
The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) has determined the 2013 assessments that state law requires workers’ compensation insurers to collect from policyholders to cover the budget of the state Division of Workers’ Compensation... Read More
Susan V. Hamilton, a Deputy Commissioner of the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB), retired at the end of 2011. Deputy Commissioner Hamilton had a long, productive and influential career in public service in many roles with the... Read More
The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) has determined the 2015 assessments that workers’ compensation insurers are required to collect from policyholders to cover the budget of the state Division of Workers’ Compensation ... Read More
The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) has calculated the 2011 assessments that state law requires workers' compensation insurers collect from policyholders to cover the budget of the state Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC... Read More
Sacramento, CA (CompNewsNetwork) - Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger late last week signed into law AB 2774 (Swanson) which clarifies the definition of a serious citation. The new law is designed to improve Cal/OSHA’s citation process by redefining... Read More
Oakland, CA (CompNewsNetwork) - The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and the Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC), in association with Univision, KUVS TV-Channel 19 Spanish language television, are reaching out to workers during... Read More
Sacramento, CA (CompNewsNetwork) - Meet with Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) leadership to provide an update related to the upcoming 2010 workers’ comp assessments. DIR participants will include Director John C. Duncan, Deputy Chief... Read More
Sacramento, CA (CompNewsNetwork) - The Department of Industrial Relations’ Office of Self Insurance Plans (DIR/SIP) today posted a notice of rulemaking for a regulations package that includes changes to increase oversight of Self Insured Groups... Read More
San Francisco, CA (CompNewsNetwork) - As the New Year begins, the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) reminds employers of new labor laws becoming effective in 2011. The intent of the new legislation varies from providing more flexibility to employers... Read More