Tag: Workers' Compensation
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...
First CalChamber HR Symposium Features Labor/Employment Law Experts
CalChamber Brings HR Experts to LA
A sold-out crowd gathered in Los Angeles recently for the first California Chamber of Commerce HR Symposium.
The October 26...
When Can Worker Decline Family Medical Leave? Subject Untested
Our employee went out on workers’ compensation leave this week and will probably be gone a few months. Should we place him on family...
Suspense File Recap: Many Harmful Bills Stopped, But Many Remain; Several Helpful Bills Move
Strong opposition from the California Chamber of Commerce helped to stop numerous harmful bills from continuing past the appropriations committees on Friday to reach...
Inaugural CalChamber HR Symposium Set for Full Day in Los Angeles on October 26
The California Chamber of Commerce will be presenting its first HR Symposium on October 26 in Los Angeles.
The one-day event will include five one-hour...
Workers’ Comp Ruling Reaffirms 2004 Reforms
A recent decision by the 3rd District Court of Appeal helps define how factors outside the workplace are to be treated when apportioning the...
Protecting Workers’ Comp Independent Medical Review
Oral arguments have been set in a workers’ compensation case that deals with the constitutionality of the independent medical reviews (IMR) that were part...
