WCIRB Governing Board Approves Regulatory Filing, Asks Actuarial Committee to Weigh In

A Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau committee on Thursday approved a regulatory filing that would create a new classification for California clerical workers who telecommute. But despite voting unanimously on the new filing, WCIRB Governing Committee members said they want to hear input from the bureau’s Actuarial Committee on the filing’s wage adjustment factor before anything is officially set in stone. WCIRB officials said there was no precedent for having the Actuarial Committee vote in place of the Governing Committee, but the Governing Committee voted to h...