Thanks for the great articles on the increased efforts by state officials to enforce the new workers compensation laws.
Associated Builders & Contractors is proud to have worked for the elimination/restriction of exemptions in construction. Despite opposition by a few other well knows organizations and trade associations, we at ABC are confident that the new laws, along with the increased enforcement, will help level the playing field for ALL contractors and once and for all, take away the competitive advantage many contractors previously held by not purchasing coverage for their employees.
It’s about time this action was taken. However I believe that the fines imposed are not high enough. You must understand these employers who didn’t comply with the State’s WC Law put their people in harms way. This can not be tolerated.
Something in your article does not sound correct. How can a contractor on a site have 11 employees on site and only 4 or the 11 were “covered” for WC? Unless the site was excluded, all employees would be covered. Perhaps he was only paying premium for 4, but that is why WC policies are auditable.
I’ve seen this trend coming. If the Conractor demonstrates coverage at the time of inspection for all the employees on the site, the whole thing stops there. If there are un-covered employees, business stops and an audit going back three years occurs and fines, fines, fines.
I’ve seen an a niche market group at http://www.contractors-solutions.com that is helping small contractors to get them into compliance.
In response to Bob; if the employer is utilizing a leasing company for his Comp coverage, the employee’s must be reported to the leasing company or they will not be covered.
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Thanks for the great articles on the increased efforts by state officials to enforce the new workers compensation laws.
Associated Builders & Contractors is proud to have worked for the elimination/restriction of exemptions in construction. Despite opposition by a few other well knows organizations and trade associations, we at ABC are confident that the new laws, along with the increased enforcement, will help level the playing field for ALL contractors and once and for all, take away the competitive advantage many contractors previously held by not purchasing coverage for their employees.
It’s about time this action was taken. However I believe that the fines imposed are not high enough. You must understand these employers who didn’t comply with the State’s WC Law put their people in harms way. This can not be tolerated.
Something in your article does not sound correct. How can a contractor on a site have 11 employees on site and only 4 or the 11 were “covered” for WC? Unless the site was excluded, all employees would be covered. Perhaps he was only paying premium for 4, but that is why WC policies are auditable.
I’ve seen this trend coming. If the Conractor demonstrates coverage at the time of inspection for all the employees on the site, the whole thing stops there. If there are un-covered employees, business stops and an audit going back three years occurs and fines, fines, fines.
I’ve seen an a niche market group at http://www.contractors-solutions.com that is helping small contractors to get them into compliance.
In response to Bob; if the employer is utilizing a leasing company for his Comp coverage, the employee’s must be reported to the leasing company or they will not be covered.