When do the exclusivity provisions of Labor Code section 3600 permit an action for law at damages? By Hon. Susan V. Hamilton, Former Assistant Secretary and Deputy Commissioner, California Workers’...
Oakland, CA -- Payments for medical-legal evaluations and reports used to resolve medical disputes in California work injury claims have increased more than expected since a new Med-Legal Fee Schedule...
CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 89, No. 6 June 2024 A Report of En Banc and Significant Panel Decisions of the WCAB and Selected Court Opinions of Related Interest, With a Digest of WCAB Decisions...
By Hon. Robert G. Rassp and Hon. Clint Feddersen Questioning the Vocational Expert [a] Depositions Counsel will often need to take the deposition of the vocation expert. Live testimony of a vocational...
Oakland, CA – A bill that would give a presumption of compensability to farmworker heat-related injury claims if the employer is found to be out of compliance with Cal/OSHA’s outdoor heat illness...
Labor Official Touts 10th Anniv. of Mine Improvement/New Emergency Response Act.
Implant Approved to Help Fight Opioid Dependency.
CA: DWC to Enforce Lien Claimants’ Use of Uniform Assigned Name.
CA: DWC Announces Temporary Total Disability Rates for 2017.
CA: Columnist: California State Bar a Mess, Should Be Split Up.
CA: Former State Senator Pleads Guilty to Corruption Charges.
CA: Lawmakers Approve Bill to Help Stop Opioid Overdoses.
KY: Governor Spars With Judge Over Reorganization of WC Nominating Commission.
LA: New Subrogation Provision May Result in Lower Work Comp Insurance Premiums.
NC: Governor’s Appointments to IC Confirmed by General Assembly.
NY: Regulation Modified to Allow for Increase in Funeral Expenses Under Work Comp Law.
OK: Suit Challenges State’s New System to Provide Benefits to Injured State Workers.
OR: New Self-insured Base Rates for Premium Assessment Released by WCD.
PA: University Lab Researcher Gets Zika Virus Through Needle ***.
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