Hearing Canceled on Covered Employee Reporting Bill

A bill that would require employers to report all covered employees when purchasing workers' compensation insurance has been taken off the agenda for the Jan. 8 hearing of the California Assembly Insurance Committee, but a staffer with the author's office said the measure is not dead.Assembly Bill 1138, by Ed Chau, D-Alhambra, would require businesses to submit to their work comp carriers the same wage data they compile in annual, quarterly and reconciliation reports filed with the Employment Development Department. The bill would also require carriers to list the names of all covered ...