L&I Proposes Changes to Retro Rating Program Rules

The Washington state Department of Labor and Industries is proposing changes to its retrospective rating program rules that it says will improve fairness in how refunds are distributed to participants. The department in 2011 revised the retrospective rating rules to introduce “hazard groups” and offer employers more choices to participate. “Included in the 2011 rules was a commitment to repeat the studies that resulted in the hazard group assignments and changes to retro plan tables,” L&I said in an April 18 rule-making notice. “These rules will implement th...