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 [...]
Many public employees take for granted that their health insurance coverage will come from their employer. The district chooses the insurance provider they want to work with, and employees simply select one of the plans available to them. The process is simple. However, if you’re the person deciding which insurance [...]
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. [...]
We understand that circumstances often require employees to use their privately owned vehicles (POV) for business purposes. It is important for employees, managers, supervisors at all levels to understand an employee’s personal automobile policy is the primary coverage for liability and/or damages when involved in an accident while on district [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
For some, holidays are the happiest times of the year, for others they are the worst time of the year, and for risk management professionals they are truly some of the busiest times of the year. Much of this comes with the winter season bringing wet weather and shorter days, [...]
GSRMA is currently seeking nominations for our board openings for both Fire Districts and Special Districts. Board terms are two years, with the term beginning at the start of the 23-24 fiscal year and running thru the 24-25 fiscal year (July 1, 2023-June 30th, 2025). There are several benefits to districts [...]
If you were keeping track of your state government, you probably noticed that this year’s legislative session was busy. There were numerous bills proposed and passed in both the House and Senate, and Governor Gavin Newsom signed many of these into law at the end of September. The new laws [...]