DWC Adopts Rules Easing Burden on Employers Without Coverage

The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation has adopted rules that ease record-keeping requirements for exempt corporate officers in the construction industry and reduces penalties against employers who fail to provide mandatory coverage.  The amendments to Rule 69L-5.015 and 69L-6.027 took effect on Tuesday, the DWC said in a notice Thursday. Both rules were implemented in response to legislation passed in 2016. The first rule change deletes a requirement that corporations with officers who exempt themselves from workers’ compensation coverage maintain written s...