Published on: 27008697. The proposed amendments will update the rules to conform with recent changes made to the Workers’ Compensation Law by Chapter 2022-138, Laws of Florida.
Published on: 26596641. This workshop will consider public input on the Department’s powers to enforce employer compliance with workers’ compensation insurance coverage .... December 20, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone. ....
Published on: 26475294. The proposed rulemaking will conform rules with recent amendments to Chapter 440, Florida Statutes. The rulemaking addresses the number of days an employer has to comply with a written request from the Department to produce ....
Published on: 18531673. Rules 69L-6.015 and 69L-6.027, F.A.C., are updated to incorporate recent legislative changes to subsections 440.05(10) and 440.107(7), F.S., made by Chapter 2016-56, Laws of Florida.
Published on: 18323220. Chapter 2016-56, Laws of Florida, amended subsection 440.05(10), F.S., to delete the requirement that any corporation with exempt officers engaged in the construction industry must maintain written statements of those exempted persons acknowledging each such individual’s exempt status. The proposed amendment to Rule 69L-6.015, F.A.C., will also delete this requirement from the rule. Chapter 2016-56, Laws of Florida, also included legislative changes to the penalty requirements in subsection 440.107(7), F.S. The changes include: (i) a 25% penalty reduction for non-compliant employers who have not previously been issued a stop-work order or penalty assessment order and who timely provide requested business records; and (ii) a reduction of the imputed payroll multiplier from twice the statewide average weekly wage to the pre-2014 level of one and one-half times the statewide average weekly wage. The proposed amendment to Rule 69L-6.027, F.A.C., will incorporate these changes on the Penalty Calculation Worksheet.
Published on: 15638260. The amendment to Rule 69L-6.027 revises a penalty calculation worksheet to provide the premium credit for the initial payment of premium made to secure coverage against an assessed penalty and to adjust the penalty look back period and the penalty multiplier to conform to statutory changes. The amendment to Rule 69L-6.028 changes the timeframe to impute the employer’s payroll in the absence of business records from 20 to 28 days after receipt of the department’s request to produce records, and changes the factor to calculate employee payroll from 1.5 to 2 times state average weekly wage, to conform to section 440.107, Florida Statutes as it now reads. Also, the timeframe for the employer to provide additional records is revised to twenty business days after the service of the first amended order of penalty assessment. The amendment to Rule 69L-6.035 also changes the factor to calculate employee payroll from 1.5 to 2 times state average weekly wage, to conform to section 440.107, Florida Statutes, as it now reads. Additionally the amendments change citations in Rules 69L-6.028 and 69L-6.035 to reflect the current convention of naming to the specific subdivision cited.