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CA Contractors Have New Workers' Compensation Requirements

CA Contractors Have New Workers' Compensation Requirements

A new California law requires all licensed contractors to carry workers' compensation insurance, whether or not they have employees. CA Requires All Contractors to Carry Workers' Comp The law, known as CA Senate Bill 216, or SB216, is being implemented in response to the tendency of many small contractors to claim that they have no employees, even though they regularly hire day laborers or undocumented aliens. This leaves these workers without any protection in the event ...