A new study looks at what employers are doing right and wrong with utilization review early in the life of a workers' comp claim. How can the system be improved?

How will the governor’s final budget spend the dollars that employers provided to run the workers' comp system? What are the individual programs and units getting?

What does the latest industry data tell us about the cost of workers' comp coverage and claims? How do they compare to last year?

California’s telecommuter clerical class 8871 now carries an advisory rate under $0.10 per $100 of payroll—less than half class 8810—after seven cycles of delayed savings.

California lawmakers enter the final stretch on workers’ comp bills covering fraud, staffing, permanent disability, employer groups and pure premium funding.

CDI faces a workers’ comp premium dispute over Losy LLC’s Uber vehicle leasing model, testing ABC contractor rules and Proposition 22 for app‑based drivers.

California Supreme Court backs insureds, allowing bad‑faith and declaratory claims against excess insurers based on a reasonable likelihood that coverage will attach.

California approves a 6.6% average pure premium increase, but 35 workers’ comp classes face hikes of 20%+—some over 60%—ahead of Sept. 1, 2026.

Dale is the father of Compline, the publisher of Workers’ Comp Executive, Cal-OSHA Reporter and our other publications and sites. He is an award-winning investigative journalist although there are ...

In this recent Significant Panel Decision, WCAB took the position that its en banc decisions are more durable precedent than an opinion by the Court of Appeal. A Court of Appeal opinion becomes ...

The Fourth District issued this decision delving into AB 5’s business-to-business exemption and the Borello test as it applies to an owner-operator. Get the full opinion here.

What was in the Governor's revised budget to aid the Department of Industrial Relations? How much additional money is it getting, and where will it go? Read More... This content is for premium ...