After over 40 years of acting as GSRMA’s General Counsel, L. “Gary” Krup, Esq. has announced his retirement. Gary began acting as both Defense Counsel and General Counsel for GSRMA (at the time Glenn County JPA) upon its formation in 7/1/79. Gary acted as Defense Counsel until 2015, successfully defending and [...]
After holding elections for the GSRMA Board of Directors, GSRMA is excited to announce that we will have two new board members joining our board. Angela Spease, Director with Cosumnes Community Services District, will join our board for the fire member vacancy. Angela operates a cyber security business with her [...]
At their May board meeting the GSRMA Board analyzed GSRMA’s 23/24 Actuarial studies for both the General Liability and Workers' Compensation programs. They then applied the current funding levels of the pool against the Capitol Target Reserve policy to determine if there were funds available for a dividend. Based on [...]
After a long hiatus due to focusing on the COVID-19 Pandemic, Cal/OSHA is again revisiting an Indoor Heat Illness Standard. The standard is currently under a 45-day Public Comment Period, with the Cal/OSHA Standards Board having a public hearing May 18th, 2023. Barring changes from the public hearing, the standard has [...]
GSRMA is proud to announce that our Underwriter, Elizabeth "Liz" Smith, has recently achieved her Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation. The CPCU is a prestigious designation that requires 8 classes as well as an ethics component. Liz, already having her Associate in Risk Management (ARM), was able to use her [...]
The Interactive Process is a requirement of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, and is triggered by an employee who suffered a work-related or non-work related injury or illness and has requested a reasonable accommodation. All California employers with 5 or more employees are required to reasonably accommodate their employees [...]
Cal/OSHA has recently released their permanent COVID-19 Non-Emergency Regulation. This regulation has been several years in the making, and has some changes moving forward including: The Non-Emergency Regulation will be in effect for a minimum of 2 years from the effective date of 02/03/23 Records must be maintained for a [...]
Per OSHA injury and illness recordkeeping and reporting requirements, Wednesday, February 1, is the deadline to tabulate your annual OSHA Log Summary (OSHA Form 300A) and post it in a common area where notices to employees are usually posted. This is the summary only (300A), not the OSHA 300 Form. [...]
GSRMA is excited to introduce our newest team member: Erica House! Erica is from Humboldt County and graduated from Fortuna Union High School before attending University of the Pacific, Stockton. After college, Erica spent several years overseas in Germany working for the Department of Defense, before coming back stateside and spending [...]
The 16th Annual GSRMA Training Conference is a wrap, and after a 2 year hiatus due to COVID-19, we have to say it went off without a hitch! All of the GSRMA Staff were so grateful to get to see and interact with our members again in person, and it [...]