Last week, Calif. Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued the 2021 pure premium advisory rates for Calif. workers’ compensation. Rejecting a proposed surcharge for COVID-19 claim charges, Commissioner Lara approved an average 4.6% reduction in advisory pure premium workers’ compensation rates across all classification codes. Advisory pure premium rates are set by the Calif. Department of…
FDA is planning outreach calls to registered food facilities in areas with high rates of COVID-19 or are anticipated to have high rates of COVID-19. The intent of the outreach effort is to support continuity in the food supply. FDA is prioritizing these calls based on facility food type and size. The time frame for the ...
President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack as secretary of agriculture. Vilsack, who is currently President and CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export Council, previously served eight years as agriculture secretary in the Obama administration. “Secretary Vilsack is a logical and proven choice to run USDA. We worked closely with him ...
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (December 31, 2020) – A coalition of agricultural and business employers has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court challenging the COVID-19 related emergency temporary standards (ETS) recently approved by the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Board). The complaint alleges, among other things, that the Board lacks statutory authority ...
Western Growers and a coalition of agricultural and business association allies filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court yesterday challenging the COVID-19 related emergency temporary standards (ETS) recently approved by the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Board). The complaint alleges, among other things, that the Board lacks statutory authority to impose many…