WCIRB Clarifies Application of Payroll Exclusion Rule

The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau said a rule excluding from reportable payroll wages paid to people who aren’t working because of the pandemic applies only to cases that can be tied directly to COVID-19. A regulatory change that took effect July 1 states that for the duration of the statewide stay-at-home order and continuing for 30 days after the order is lifted, “payments made to an employee, including but not limited to sick or family leave payments, while the employee is performing no duties of any kind in the service of the employer, shall be excluded f...