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CONTENTS VOLUME X, ISSUE 1
FEATURES
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Understanding Your Workers’ Comp Experience Modification Factor
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Annual Legislative Day Brings Members and Lawmakers Together
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Annual Report: The Year in Review
DEPARTMENTS 5
Executive Perspective by Jeff Wiggins
10 Economic Update: Michigan Non-Residental Contractors’ Employment and Payroll Earnings Trends by Don Wilson
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Government Affairs: ABC of Michigan Electrical Ratio Legislation Signed by Governor
17 Government Affairs: ABC Lauds Bill to Increase Competition on Federal Construction Contracts
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Get to Know Your Lawmaker
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This issue of Michigan Merit touches on many of the areas ABC of Michigan works to advance and defend the Merit Shop and the success of each ABC Member. A full service organization doesn’t just mean representing our industry at the local, state, and national levels, but also working on behalf of member firms across a broad spectrum of services. In this magazine issue alone we cover great networking events that bring together the entire state, legislative advocacy, workers compensation savings, evolving construction techniques, and much, much more. There is a reason ABC has been ranked “the most effective” construction association in Michigan. It’s because nobody works harder on your behalf than ABC. The fruits of this labor are also highlighted in this magazine issue by way of a 2015 Annual Report that shows the strength and benefit of ABC members joining together on a statewide basis. As 2016 unfolds with economic growth continuing, elections from the statehouse to the White House taking center stage, and new opportunities arising, ABC of Michigan is committed to this being the best year yet thanks to your involvement and leadership to help grow your business by supporting our industry. Yours for the Merit Shop,
A full service organization doesn’t just mean representing our industry at the local, state and national levels, but also working on behalf of member firms across a broad spectrum of services.
FEATURE
UNDERSTANDING YOUR WORKERS’ COMP EXPERIENCE MODIFICATION FACTOR While a safe work environment is a top concern for ABC contractors, it’s important to also understand what your experience modification factor (Mod) means in the development of your workers’ compensation insurance premium. How this historical data is obtained should be helpful when developing a strategy to minimize your future workers’ compensation cost. As most contractors realize, there is a direct correlation between your Mod and the cost of your workers’ compensation premium. WHAT IS A MOD? Your Mod compares your workers’ compensation claims activity to other employers of similar size operating in the same type of business. A multiplier is used to determine whether a company will receive a discount or a surcharge for their insurance premium. In Michigan, this premium multiplier is determined by the Compensation Advisory Organization of Michigan (CAOM) who collects this data from participating insurance companies. Michigan is one of several states with independent bureaus while others obtain this information from the National Council of Compensation Insurance (NCCI). While the premium and credits provided by insurance companies can be adjusted based on the characteristics of your business, it is also important to note that your individual costs can be greatly reduced by implementing cost saving programs. HOW IS A MOD CALCULATED? While there is some complexity to how this is determined the basic formula is: a company’s actual losses are compared to industry average by their peers in the same class of business. Factors taken into consideration are: past audited payrolls, loss frequency and loss severity. The experience rating is mandatory and applies
to all employers who have employees. The Mod is calculated annually. It uses payroll and loss data. It typically includes data from a three year rolling average and excludes the most recent policy term. HOW DOES MY MOD IMPACT MY PREMIUMS? Your Mod represents either a credit or debit that’s applied to your workers’ compensation premium. A Mod of 1.0 is considered to be the industry average. While a Mod factor less than 1.0 is a Credit Mod, which means losses are better than expected, resulting in a premium discount. A Mod of more than 1.0 is a Debit Mod, which means your losses are worse than expected and a surcharge will be added to your premium. Below is an example of how it works based on a $100,000 premium for a 1.0 Mod. A Mod of .75 would mean that insurance premiums could be as much as 25% less than a company with an Experience Mod of 1.0. This could result in a reduction of cost by as much as $25,000. The savings to your bottom line can be significant! For example, a contractor with no losses could have a modification of approximately .75 or lower. In one year, another contractor with three claims with losses at $4,500, $15,000 and, $350 could have a mode of 1.25 or higher. Just one year of multiple losses can potentially impact your Mod over a three year period. The contractor who can control their losses has a definite competitive advantage as the premiums can be as much as 50% lower for their workers’ compensation insurance! PREMIUM
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HOW CAN YOU REDUCE YOUR MOD? It pays to know your Mod and make it part of your company’s daily routine to keep it under control. Your first step is to have management and employees committed to the process. From there, other steps include having a comprehensive safety program, ongoing employee training, proper claims handling, and an implemented return to work program. In addition, focus should be made to educate your employees on a variety of topics relevant to your specific type of work. Other ways you can help to reduce losses and take control of your Mod include: • Reviewing your losses and payroll information for accuracy. Keeping in mind that the fewer losses you have the better, Mods are influenced by the number of small frequent losses than by one larger loss. • Reporting all work-related injuries to your insurance company promptly. Late reporting can result in increased cost
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for the claim. • Training supervisors on what to do when a loss occurs. Keep the lines of communication open with the injured employee. • Improving upon your hiring practices and making sure every new hire completes a hands-on training period to make sure the new person is qualified and capable of performing the job. The ABC Michigan Self Insured Workers’ Compensation Fund is your association’s endorsed self-insured workers’ compensation program. This member-owned program offers its participants assistance in establishing a solid safety program and rewards its members with large returns of surplus premium and policy credits. The ABC Fund is designed to save members money by providing a long-term solution to reducing the overall costs and by making workers’ compensation a profit center. For more information, please contact the ABC Fund’s Administrator, Regency Group at 800-686-6640. MM
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FEATURE
ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE DAY BRINGS MEMBERS AND LAWMAKERS TOGETHER February 18 was a day to celebrate in Lansing! More than 60 ABC members came from around the state to hear from four engaging speakers, and connect with more than 30 lawmakers over breakfast. ABC of Michigan President, Chris Fisher, kicked off the day updating members on priority legislative issues for 2016. Including an update on electrical ratios and the repeal of prevailing wage. Members were then given the opportunity to discuss these issues with lawmakers over breakfast. Our first speaker of the morning was Joseph Lehman, President of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. The Mackinac Center is an independent, nonprofit research and educational institute in Michigan. Lehman took the opportunity to address our engaged audience of members and lawmakers on good government, and his seven principles of good governance. Appropriately following Lehman’s speech on good governance, we presented ABC’s 2016 Lawmaker of the Year Awards. The two recipients of this year’s awards have been fighters for ABC and friends in the legislature for their entire tenure. Senator David Robertson has held a 100% commitment to the Merit Shop, most recently with his co-sponsorship of the repeal of prevailing wage. Through three, two-year terms in the Michigan House of Representatives, and his second, and final, term in the Michigan Senate, Sen. Robertson has tirelessly remained committed to ABC
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and its’ members’ goals. Since first taking his seat in the Michigan House of Representatives in 2010, Representative Earl Poleski has been the primary sponsor of many landmark laws, including last year’s enactment of legislation to stop the spread of local prevailing wage mandates, prohibiting schools, counties, and cities from mandating employers to participate in any educational apprenticeship or apprenticeship training program that differs or exceed those required by state or federal law. Rep. Poleski has amassed a 100% ABC voting record. We are proud to call these two honorable men, ABC’s 2016 Lawmakers of the Year. We were honored to be joined by Lieutenant Governor Brian Calley, who spoke very honestly with members about the current issues in Michigan. ABC members appreciated the candid conversation and open answers to some on-the-spot questions. In addition to the Lieutenant Governor, we had two individuals from the federal level to give us a national legislative perspective. Congressman Mike Bishop, who represents all of Ingham County, Livingston County, and north Oakland County, spoke about his continued dedication to fighting for the Merit Shop at a national level. Recently named Vice President of Legislative & Political Affairs at ABC National, Kristen Swearingen gave us a candid view of policy at the national level. Swearingen has her finger on the pulse in Washington, D.C. and was able to offer an update on important issues, including her encouragement of members to contact federal lawmakers and urge them to cosponsor a neutral-
ity in government act that would prohibit government-mandated project labor agreements. She also encouraged members to attend ABC National’s Legislative Week in Washington, D.C. this June to make sure the voices of the Merit Shop are heard this election season. Overall, we had an excellent morning learning from some knowledgeable speakers, networking with peers, and engaging with lawmakers. We thank all those who attended and made the day a success. That success in great part is due to the generous support of our sponsors. ABC of Michigan wishes to thank them, once again, for their part in making the event possible. • The ABC of Michigan Self-Insured Workers Compensation Fund • Consolidated Electrical Contractors • Public Affair Associates MM
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ECONOMIC UPDATE
MICHIGAN NON-RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTORS’ EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL EARNINGS TRENDS BY DON WILSON, ECONOMIST, ABC OF MICHIGAN The initial effort to profile the value of payroll earnings and employment of Michigan headquartered non-residential general contractors and their specialty contractors by region is reflected in four accompanying charts for the years 2007 through 2014 and an estimate for 2015 based on three calendar quarters actual information. Data on any state is usually about six months behind the current quarter due to the necessity of the Bureau of Labor Statistics time involved to thoroughly check the accuracy of the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. The four regions analyzed are the Upper Peninsula combined with the Northern Lower Peninsula, (Chart #1), the Saginaw Valley region with the South Central Lower Peninsula, (Chart #2), the Western Lower Peninsula with the Southwest Lower Peninsula , (Chart #3), and the Southeast Lower Peninsula, Chart #4). The largest region in the state (based on employment) is the Southeast Lower Peninsula region followed by the WesternSouthwest Lower Peninsula area, the Saginaw Valley-Lower South
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5,100 individuals and $272.9 million in 2014 and about 4,800 and $260 million in 2015. In Chart #2, for the Saginaw Valley-South Central Lower Peninsula area, employment and payroll earnings totaled 11,700 persons and $642.9 million in 2014 and an estimated 12,300 individuals and $711 million in 2015. The Western Lower Peninsula – Southwest Lower Peninsula region, featured in Chart #3, employed 16,100 persons with $914.7 of value in payrolls in 2014 and about 17,000 employees on the payroll earnings of $1000.6 million in 2015. Chart #4 features the employment and earnings in Southeast Lower Peninsula area which amounted to 35,100 persons earning $2370.8 million in 2014 and about 38,300 individuals with $2,666 million in earnings in 2015. According to the latest occupational survey by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employees in Michigan’s unionized and non-unionized residential, non-residential, and civil and heavy engineering construction and the extraction industries earned an average mean paycheck of $48,440 per worker, or a total of $5916.4 million in 2014, the latest year for which data is available. Data is not available by region of the state in that survey. That compares with an average mean paycheck of $47,480 per unionized and non-unionized worker in the same occupational pursuits across the U. S. in the same year. MM
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THE YEAR IN REVIEW ABC of Michigan had a great year in 2015 advancing the Merit Shop philosophy and promoting the free market. We had strong support from the legislature, making it possible to pass some great legislation helping the landscape for merit shops across the state. Some of our legislative feats included: • Leading the enactment of legislation to prohibit local communities from passing new local prevailing wage mandates, capping the total to just 20 communities across the state out of 1800 local units of government • Passing landmark legislation prohibiting union-only training mandates for municipal, county and school construction. • Securing house passage of legislation to eliminate the burdensome ratio of one master electrician to one electrical apprentice on a jobsite. Final passage was pending at the end of 2015, but passage is expected in the senate. (This legislation was passed – article included in this edition of the magazine.) • Working the state senate to pass a full repeal of the Michigan Prevailing Wage Act. Unfortunately, the house did not pass the legislation, and this issue remains a top priority for ABC of Michigan. Working with the Administration for passage of skilled trades incentives through the state’s Skilled Trades Training Fund. Supporting continued economic development incentives to build and grow our state. In addition to our legislative feats we expanded the ABC
Health Benefit Trust with plans from both McLaren Health and Priority Health. The ABC of Michigan Self Insured Workers’ Compensation Fund returned over $5,000,000 to ABC member firms in Michigan. And, we launched the Michigan Construction Leadership Summit on Mackinac Island. The three-day event was a
We lead the...legislation to prohibit local communities from passing new local prevailing wage mandates, capping the total to just 20 communities across the state out of 1800 local units of government. great success, and will be returning in 2017. Some highlights of the event included: • More than 100 leading contractors from across Michigan coming together to network • An engaging panel from economic development leaders from Detroit, Grand Rapids, the Great Lakes Bar Region and Lansing • Top construction users from leading sectors in an educational panel • Leadership sessions from informative speakers • A keynote speech from Steve Ford that left attendees wanting more We are already off to a great start in 2016, and look forward to continuing to serve our membership. MM
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GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
ABC OF MICHIGAN ELECTRICAL RATIO LEGISLATION SIGNED BY GOVERNOR In a major Merit Shop victory, Governor Rick Snyder signed into law ABC of Michigan legislation to eliminate the state’s costly and burdensome ratio of one journeyman electrician for every apprentice on a jobsite. The new legislation replaces the former ratio with a far more flexible and efficient ratio that allows up to three electrical apprentices per journeyman. “The passage of this legislation marks another step in building Michigan’s future,” said Chris Fisher, ABC of Michigan President. “We currently have a shortage of workers in the electrical field, and we are at a place where we must encourage the hiring of apprentices to grow our field of skilled trades workers.” The bill, House Bill 4813 was introduced by Representative Amanda Price on August 18, 2015, and has been a priority for ABC of Michigan and its members for far longer. While there was significant opposition from organized labor, ABC members made a tremendous difference by contacting their lawmakers from one end of the state to another. Three different ABC members also testified in front of the House and Senate. Thanks to these efforts the bill made it through the House of Representatives, the Senate, and on to Gov. Snyder’s desk where it became a public act. The reform to this ratio means greater opportunities statewide. Electrical contractors can now hire more apprentices, increasing job creation in the state, and making the electrical trade more appealing to aspiring tradesmen. Additionally, the legislation brings clarity by no longer having inconsistency in ratios depending on
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Studies indicate government-mandated PLAs increase the cost of construction projects in numerous markets between 12 and 18 percent compared to similar non-PLA projects. ABC sent a letter to members of the committee ahead of the markup and has long opposed PLA mandates as discriminatory and anti-competitive backroom deals that increase costs to taxpayers. Studies indicate government-mandated PLAs increase the cost of construction projects in numerous markets between 12 and 18 percent compared to similar non-PLA projects. When mandated by a government agency on a taxpayer-funded proj-
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REPRESENTATIVE EARL POLESKI Representative Earl Poleski was the recipient of ABC of Michigan’s Lawmaker of the Year Award presented annually at the Legislative Day. He has been a fighter for the Merit Shop since first elected in November 2010. Rep. Poleski has promised to work towards making Michigan more business friendly by cutting the Michigan Business Tax and replacing it with a tax that aligns the interests of business with that of our state. Rep. Poleski is committed to fixing state government and stopping Michigan from wasteful spending. He currently serves as a member of the Committees on Appropriations and Financial Liability Reform. He also serves as chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Judiciary, as well as vice chair of Department of Health and Human Services, and General Government. In addition, Poleski is a member of the Appropriations Subcommittees on the Department of Corrections, Natural Resources and School Aid. Learn a little more about him in the interview below. Why did you run for office, and what are you most passionate about in your position? While serving on the Jackson County Board of Commissioners, it was obvious that the Legislature could benefit from fiscal discipline and businesslike approaches. I offered my background and experiences toward that end. Do you remember your first interaction with ABC? Could you talk a little about what impact, if any, that has had on your legislative efforts? I recall visiting ABC while running for office, and meeting with ABC members in Jackson at about the same time. My impressions 20
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