Los Angeles, CA – The Labor Commissioner’s Office recently announced it has filed a lawsuit against a gig-economy car wash company in Southern California for violating labor laws by misclassifying employees as independent contractors. Mobile Wash, Inc. of Bellflower misclassified at least 100 workers, harming both the workers and law-abiding businesses in the car washing… [Read more]
Work Force & Human Resource News
Former Owner of RI Cleaning Company Charged with Wage Theft, Workers’ Comp Fraud
Providence, RI – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha recently announced that his Office has charged Marcello Pompa, owner of M&M Cleaning of MA, LLC (M&M Cleaning), with wage theft; failing to maintain workers’ compensation insurance coverage; and workers’ compensation insurance premium fraud. The charges stem from Pompa’s actions as the contractor for cleaning services at… [Read more]
CA Cannabis Cultivator Pleads to Tax & Workers’ Comp Fraud
Salinas, CA – Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni recently announced that Monica Herrera, former owner of a licensed, Monterey County cannabis company, pled no contest on July 7, 2020 to felony payroll tax fraud and not having workers’ compensation insurance, a misdemeanor. Between August 2017 and June 2018, Herrera owned and operated Holistic… [Read more]
Pinnacol Assurance Grants $256,000 to Colorado Nonprofits
Denver, CO – Pinnacol Assurance recently announced it has awarded grants totaling $256,000 to 8 Colorado nonprofits in the first of two grantmaking cycles for 2020. The grants enable Pinnacol to extend its reach beyond typical workers’ compensation insurance functions to support programs that keep employees healthy, help injured workers get back to work after… [Read more]
WA Lifesaving Awards Honor Workplace Heroes – Nominations Open through July 31
Tumwater, WA – Real life heroes and heroines sometimes work right alongside us and we don’t even know it. They might not wear capes and tights, but when there’s a workplace emergency their true identities are revealed by their quick, often life-saving actions. There’s an opportunity to make sure those lifesaving heroes get honored and… [Read more]
50 Colorado Employers Earn Pinnacol’s Circle of Safety Award
Denver, CO – Pinnacol Assurance recently honored 50 of its policyholders with the 2019 Circle of Safety Award. Winners have shown exemplary performance in safety, loss control, and financial and claims management. Many of the 2019 winners maintained superior performance despite operating in high-risk industries such as construction, manufacturing, healthcare and ski resorts. Winners are… [Read more]
Liberty Mutual Releases 2020 Workplace Safety Index
Boston, MA – The findings of the latest Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index can help companies restarting and adapting operations better manage and mitigate risk by focusing efforts to improve safety on the leading causes of the most serious workplace accidents, those causing an employee to miss more than five days from work. “Improving safety… [Read more]
Out Front Ideas Webinar: Executing Your Return to the Office Plan
St. Louis, MO – Out Front Ideas with Kimberly and Mark recently announced its next complimentary webinar, noting that in the last month, many offices previously closed due to COVID-19 started reopening as government restrictions on activities were lessened. This return to the office is presenting new challenges to employers as they continue to protect… [Read more]
CA Police Officer Charged with Committing Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Santa Ana, CA – A 39-year old Santa Ana police officer has been charged with committing workers’ compensation insurance fraud for continuing to accept his full pay without working even though he was physically capable of returning to work. On October 5, 2017, Santa Ana Police Officer Jonathon Ridge was injured on duty while in… [Read more]
WA Man Ordered to Repay $340K in One of State’s Largest Workers’ Comp Scams
Tumwater, WA – A delivery driver who used his wife’s name to try to pull off one of the state’s largest workers’ compensation fraud cases has been ordered to pay back nearly $340,000. Robert J. Strasbaugh, who was receiving a workers’ comp pension when he was caught, pleaded guilty on Monday to felony first-degree theft… [Read more]