Dec
11
2009
Over the years, we’ve helped dozens of Arborist and tree service professionals nationwide save on work comp premiums with an employee leasing service. Many times the request is to place the “ground employees” in a landscaping classification (code 0042) – obviously to reduce the higher work comp rate of code 0106.
The landscaping code is not applicable for the ground employees in this situation. Here is the 0106 classification description as written by National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI).
Code 0106 applies to specialist contractors who use hand tools or mechanical equipment to prune, spray, repair, trim, or fumigate trees. Code 0106 is applied to risks that perform one or more of the aforementioned activities. These operations may be performed from ground level or by climbing the tree, or may require the use of ladders and/or aerial buckets.
The removal, chipping, cleanup, and haul away of tree limbs and debris are also assigned to Code 0106.
Repair operations may involve cutting large, uprooted trees into manageable pieces for removal and/or pulling trees upright. Code 0106 additionally includes incidental tree removal of one or a few trees on developed sites conducted in connection with the described operations.
Contact us for more information on savings for your Tree Service business.
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Sep
09
2008
A pending Florida Supreme Court ruling involving claimant attorneys’ fees is predicted to possibly change the workers’ compensation landscape for businesses, insurance carriers and other stakeholders.
Claimant attorneys expect the court will hand down its decision in Emma Murray V. Mariner Health/ACE USA any day. (See tampabay.bizjournals.com for updates).
Depending on the decision, these attorneys’ practices could return to volume levels before the state Legislature rewrote workers’ compensation laws in 2003 or their business could continue to languish as it has since the reforms.
If the court upholds the 2003 changes, employers will continue to enjoy low, competitive workers’ compensation insurance rates that followed the reforms, which included restrictions on claimant attorneys’ fees.
Tampa Bay Business Journal - Sept. 5
Sep
08
2008
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 4 (UPI) — A Texas court has agreed to rehear a controversial case that could determine whether contract workers ever have the right to sue for injuries at a work site.
Also at issue in Entergy Gulf States Inc. vs. John Summers may be Texas’ unique workers compensation system, which grants immunity from lawsuits to employers but guarantees medical costs and lost wages from injury by the state to employees. Employers may opt in or out of participation.
Immunity did not extend to non-participants or employers of contract workers until a Texas Supreme Court ruling in August 2007.
Rick Levy, general counsel for the Texas AFL-CIO, said the result was that work site owners get a “double bite at the apple” under the court’s initial ruling, which allows them not to pay for the insurance but to still have immunity protection, the Austin (Texas) American-Statesman reported Thursday.
The expansion of lawsuit protection resulted in enough political and legal criticism for the court to agree to an October rehearing of the Entergy case. Both Republican and Democratic legislators had threatened to take action to restore what they saw as a threat to undermine the entire unemployment compensation system.
source - upi.com
Sep
03
2008
Need an employee leasing company that can provide pay as you go services on payroll and general liability? We can help.
The benefits of pay as you go General Liability.
- No audits.
- Pay as you go. No money down.
- No financing fee’s.
- Reduced premium rate due to the Employee Leasing/PEO model.
- No more risk of over paying on the general liability and not getting their money back.
- Reduced premium paid because in most cases premium is based on a percentage rate of payroll per hundred and not on gross sales.
- Client can obtain a workers comp and G.L policy with no money down.
- G.L and workers’ compensation are on the same certificate of insurance.
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Sep
02
2008
Hurricane Gustav has slowed to a small storm, but leaves in its place destructed homes, businesses and land that will take months to repair.
In past years, we’ve been there to help contractors who repair roofs, tear out damaged carpeting and haul away fallen trees or debris.
If your company needs Louisiana, Mississippi or Texas workers’ compensation to get working quickly, we can help. Within 24 hours we can insure your business with $0 down, pay-as-you go workers’ compensation policies that cover your employees in all three states - at discounted rates!
To help get you started, our network of employee leasing companies are offering a $75 free gas card once you begin services. If you need quotes, information or have questions give us a call – it’s free! Click here to receive a quote or call 1-888-582-8388. Don’t forget to ask about pay-as-you go General Liability coverage.
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