Tag: Workers' Compensation
Governor’s Workers’ Compensation Order: Presume COVID-19 Illness Arises from the Job
Governor Gavin Newsom this week signed an executive order establishing a rebuttable presumption that any COVID-19 related illness of an employee who worked outside...
Workers’ Compensation Retaliation Claim Pitfalls to Avoid
Employees who get injured at work, whether due to an accident or an illness, can file a workers’ compensation claim. What employers may not...
Job Killer Carryover Bills Miss Deadline to Move
Ten California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer bills introduced last year have been stopped.
The following bills failed to move before the January 31 deadline...
Job Killer Bill Increases Workers’ Compensation Costs for Hospitals
The California Chamber of Commerce reminded legislators this week that pending job killer legislation will significantly increase workers’ compensation costs for public and private...
Let Workers’ Compensation Insurer Check on Claim Validity
One of my employees came to me today and said his back was sore and that he hurt it while moving some equipment, so...
Sweetened Beverage Bill Tabled, Workers’ Comp Bill Falls Short
Two more job killer bills failed to advance this week in the face of strong concern about their negative impacts.
• The author of AB...
CalChamber HR Symposium Attracts Experts, Practitioners to Sold-Out SF Venue
Practical and entertaining insights on the nuts-and-bolts of implementing state and federal labor and employment laws were the focus of the second California Chamber...
State Supreme Court Ruling Protects Employers, Preserves Workers’ Comp Exclusivity
The California Supreme Court recently ruled in favor of employers, finding that an employee’s tort claims against a doctor who reviewed workers’ compensation cases...
Workers’ Comp Doctor Not Final Say on Employee’s Condition
One of my employees has been out on a leave of absence due to a work-related injury for almost a year now. My workers’...
CalChamber Releases List of New Employment Laws
The California Chamber of Commerce has released the list of new employment laws scheduled to take effect in 2018 and beyond that will affect...
