17533349, 69L-6.028 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

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Notice: 17533349

Notice of Development of Rulemaking

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

Division:

Division of Workers' Compensation

Chapter:

WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMPLIANCE

Overview

RULE:

69L-6.028	Procedures for Imputing Payroll and Penalty Calculations
69L-6.035	Definition of Payroll for Calculating Penalty

PURPOSE:

Proposed Rule 69L-6.028, F.A.C., clarifies time periods of employer non-compliance for penalty calculation purposes, and provides that the Department may impute the employer’s payroll 10 business days following the employer’s receipt of the Department’s request to produce business records. The amendment to Rule 69L-6.035, F.A.C., further defines remuneration to employees, adding language to address the validation of expense reimbursements; remuneration occurring on the day a stop-work order is issued; and employee classification code assignments for payroll calculation purposes. The proposed rules also delete obsolete language and include additional technical changes.

SUBJECT:

Proposed Rule 69L-6.028, F.A.C., establishes when the Department may commence the imputation of an employer’s payroll for purposes of penalty calculation; proposed Rule 69L-6.035, F.A.C., clarifies the definition of “remuneration” for purposes of penalty calculation.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

440.107(9), 40.591, FS.

LAW:

440.107(7)(d)1., (e), FS.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

5/13/2016 Vol. 42/94

RELATED STATUTES
AND LAWS:

440.107(9), 40.591, FS., 440.107(7)(d)1., (e), FS.

OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE:

Joint Administrative Procedures Committee
Florida Administrative Law Central Online Network (F.A.L.C.O.N.)

RELATED COURT CASES:

Division of Administrative Hearings

FEDERAL eRULEMAKING
WEB PORTAL:

Regulations.gov

HOW TO LINK TO
THIS NOTICE:

http://www.flrules.org/gateway/ruleno.asp?id=69L-6.028&PDate=5/13/2016&Section=1

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

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