The Board proposes to remove a method by which employee leasing companies demonstrate evidence of required workers’ compensation coverage.

Board of Employee Leasing Companies

RULE NO.: RULE TITLE:

61G7-10.0014 Requirements for Evidence Workers’ Compensation Coverage

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Board proposes to remove a method by which employee leasing companies demonstrate evidence of required workers’ compensation coverage.

SUMMARY: A method by which employee leasing companies demonstrate evidence of required workers’ compensation coverage will be removed from the rule.

SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COST: No Statement of Estimated Regulatory Cost has been prepared.

Any person who wishes to provide information regarding the statement of estimated costs, or to provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.

SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 468.522 FS., 468.525 FS., 468.529 FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 468.525 FS., 468.529 FS.

IF REQUESTED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE, A HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED AND ANNOUNCED IN THE FAW.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: John Knap, Executive Director, Board of Employee Leasing Companies, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0783

 

THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:

 

61G7-10.0014 Requirements for Evidence of Workers’ Compensation Coverage.

(1) No change.

(2) Applicants for licensure and licensees seeking renewal of their licenses will meet this reporting requirement if they submit evidence that their leased employees are covered by any one of the following methods or any combination thereof:

(a) Through a contractual relationship with an insurance carrier that is admitted in the State of Florida to provide workers’ compensation coverage to leased employees; or

(b) Through a lawful plan of self-insurance which provides workers’ compensation coverage; or.

(c) Through the clients of the employee leasing company via an insurance carrier that is admitted in the State of Florida to provide workers’ compensation coverage to leased employees or through a lawful plan of self-insurance which provides workers’ compensation to leased employees so long as such an arrangement is permitted by the Board approved employee leasing contract and the employee leasing company is named as a certificate holder by the client on its workers’ compensation policy and, in addition, so long as the employee leasing company’s notice to leased employees, required under Section 468.525(4)(f), F.S., includes notice to the leased employee that workers’ compensation coverage has been provided by the client. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as permitting a client of an employee leasing company to provide workers’ compensation coverage to any employees other than those leased from the employee leasing company by the client pursuant to a Board approved employee leasing contract between the employee leasing company and the client.

(3) No change.

Specific Authority 468.522 FS., 468.525 FS., 468.529 FS. Law Implemented 468.525 FS., 468.529 FS. History–New 11-25-02, Amended 3-26-03,________.

 

NAME OF PERSON ORIGINATING PROPOSED RULE: Board of Employee Leasing Companies

NAME OF SUPERVISOR OR PERSON WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Board of Employee Leasing Companies

DATE PROPOSED RULE APPROVED BY AGENCY HEAD: February 16, 2006

DATE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED IN FAW: December 2, 2005