Public Safety Program

The Cal/OSHA Targeted Inspection and Consultation Fund (TICF) is part of the workers’ compensation insurance reform legislation passed by the California Legislature in July of 1993. The legal mandate for the assessment is codified at California Labor Code §62.7 and §62.9.

Insured employers with an experience modification rating (ExMOD) of 125% or more. See Labor Code §62.9(b) (1).

Annually. The first TICF Assessment was sent in September of 1995. Typically, TICF assessments are mailed to employers in March or April of every year. See Labor Code §62.9(l).

Only if your ExMOD remains 125% or more. Once your ExMOD drops below 125%, you are no longer subject to a TICF assessment.

The amount of your assessment is based on your total payroll as reported to your workers’ compensation insurance carrier. The more payroll you have, the more the assessment you pay up to a maximum of $2500 if you have a payroll of $3.5 million or more. See Labor Code §62.9(a).

The ExMOD used was based on relevant data (three years of workers’ compensation loss history) reported to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) by your workers’ compensation insurance carrier. If you dispute your ExMOD, please contact your insurance broker or carrier (Or previous insurance carrier if you have changed carriers recently) to verify your ExMOD data. For the 2008 TICF Assessment, the 2007 policy year ExMOD was used.

The payroll used was reported to the WCIRB by your workers’ compensation carrier. The payroll represents the last policy year for which accurate workers’ compensation payroll is available from the WCIRB, For the 2008 TICF Assessment, 2005 policy year worker’s compensation payroll was used. The payroll listed covers all entities listed under your workers’ compensation policy. If you dispute your payroll, please contact your insurance carrier (or previous insurance carrier if you have changed carriers recently) to verify your payroll.

The money supports Cal/OSHA’s “High Hazard Employer Program” (HHEP). The HHEP provides consultative assistance, free of charge, to employers with high ExMODs to help them decrease their preventable work-related injuries and illnesses and their workers’ compensation losses.

If you wish to receive HHEP Consultative assistance, please call the High Hazard Consultation Program office at (559) 454-0615 to arrange for assistance.

The law says you must pay the assessment within thirty (30) days from the date of the Billing Notice. See Labor Code §62.9(c) (3).

You will receive a Notice of Delinquency asking for payment of your TICF Assessment within 15 days from the date of the Notice of Delinquency. If payment is not received in 15 days, your case will be referred for collection activity. See Labor Code §62.9(c) (5).

In general, the assessment is owed to the extent you were in business during some or all of the period of time for which you have been assessed. However, each case differs. If you’ve been assessed for a business you no longer own, please contact our Cal/OSHA TICF Assessment Unit at (510) 286-6880 or email the Unit at doshticf@dir.ca.gov to discuss the details of your case.

Remit a check made payable to the “Department of Industrial Relations, Fund 096.01”to the following address and be sure to include your Billing Notice Invoice Number on your check to get credit for your payment!

You may also pay by credit card on-line, at http://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/ticf.html.

If you should have any other questions regarding your TICF Assessment, please contact our Cal/OSHA TICF Assessment Unit at (510) 286-6880 or email the Unit at www.doshticf@hq.dir.ca.gov.