Many public entity risk pools are specialized to a certain sector, such as school districts or local governments. This niche focus is often why those organizations choose to work with a homogeneous risk pool — a pool consisting of only one type of entity. On the surface, it seems like the [...]
The CDPH recently updated their COVID-19 Public Health Guidance for K–12 Schools to Support Safe In-Person Learning, 2022–2023 School Year. See below for some of their general reccomendations: The guidance is effective July 1, 2022, unless otherwise stated, and will continue to be reviewed regularly by the California Department of Public [...]
On February 9th, SB114 (full bill text here) was signed into law by Governor Newsom, bringing back COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave (SPSL) for covered California employees. This bill goes into effect February 19th 2022, but is retroactive to January 1, 2022. Please click here to see the FAQ. Employers [...]
While we all do our best to avoid accidents and claims, sometimes the unthinkable happens and a claim occurs. Whether an employee gets injured on the job, a car backs into your district vehicle, or a tree falls on your office, GSRMA is here to help. At GSRMA, we provide all [...]
COVID-19 cases are on rise, as are the number of questions we are receiving from members. One of the most common questions we hear after an agency has a COVID-19 exposure is, "What next?" Below you will find a decision tree that is designed to help answer that question and [...]
As a member of PRISM, GSRMA is subject to a claims audit every 2 years. These are independent audits that review both claims handling of Workers' Compensation claims as well as General Liability/Property/Auto claims. These audits function as a verification to ensure that PRISM members are adhering to strict guideline set [...]
As COVID cases are on the rise again, so too are questions from our members. With the additional uncertainty of the Delta Variant, we wanted to take a few minutes to provide you with a “refresher” on some key points to consider regarding COVID-19 and your operations. First, it is [...]
Like many Californian's, currently our districts are facing fires near and far that are creating air quality concerns. Due to the increase in frequency as well as severity of the fire's in the California, in 2019 Cal/OSHA put out emergency regulation §5141.1. §5141.1 relates to all workplaces where workers will [...]
On September 17, 2020, California passed sweeping legislation with regards to COVID-19 exposure in the workplace. With the signing of AB 685, Governor Newsom expanded the states authority when it comes to tracking COVID-19 cases in the workplace. Not only that, AB 685 also expands Cal/OSHA’s authority, and sets a [...]
There has been a flurry of legislative activity recently regarding COVID-19, all of which can be very confusing. Of significance are three bills that were recently signed by Governor Newsom, SB 1159, AB 685 and AB 1867. To assist you with navigating through these new requirements we compiled the following [...]