Any National Council of Compensation Insurance (NCCI) Experience Modification Rating (EMR) over 1.00 is too high and costs us extra money in workers' compensation premiums.
ALL of our ratings for the last seven years have been over 1.00:
October 1, 2014: 1.02
October 1, 2013: 1.18
October 1, 2012: 1.45
October 1, 2011: 1.45
October 1, 2010: 1.39
October 1, 2009: 1.02
October 1, 2008: 1.08
The City of St. Augustine is paying waaay too much for workers compensation insurance -- any EMR rating over 1.00 is too high, and results in higher insurance premiums. So is the City of St. Augustine Beach.
Both Cities needs to give awards to employees raising safety concerns, as St. Johns County does.
Both Cities needs a safety culture, which it sorely lacks.
Unfortunately, under Governor JOHN EDWARD BUSH a/k/a "JEB BUSH," Florida abolished worker rights protection for all state, county, city, town and special tax district employees. Federal OSHA has no jurisdiction.
The state program was abolished, at the behest of the Chamber of Commerce and other pressure groups. Disgusting display.
It left government employees without any right to safe and healthy workplaces.
That causes injuries.
This causes injustice -- government employees hurt because government managers don't care about their rights.
That costs lives.
That costs money.
The City of St. Augustine needs to adopt OSHA standards -- and OSHA Act Section 11c, protecting worker rights to raise safety concerns.
Prevent injuries.
Save lives.
Save money.
Is that too much to ask?
(This July 1, 2014 report has been corrected to reflect last rating was 1.18, not 1.12, per HR Director Nancy Rawson's e-mail today).
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