Dec 22, 2021 Are California employers liable when their employees give COVID to a non-employee? By Rameneh Torres The CA Second Appellate District Court recently issued its Opinion and Order Denying the Petition for Writ of Mandate, clearing the way...
Dec 22, 2021 California Court of Appeal Rejects Defendant's Exclusive Remedy Defense to Spouse's Wrongful Death Claim By Edward Hummer California's Second District Court of Appeal has rejected See's Candies' argument that workers' compensation was the exclusive remedy for...
Dec 21, 2021 Increase in Mileage Rate for 2022 By Kelly Hamilton Effective January 1, 2022 the mileage rate for medical and medical-legal travel is increasing to 58.5 cents per mile. This is an...
Dec 13, 2021 Mask Mandates Back Wednesday 12/15/21 By Brenna Hampton All Californians will be required to wear masks when indoors at public places starting Dec. 15 and ending Jan. 15, health officials...
Dec 13, 2021 Comp Frictional Costs Down but Remain High in California By Jerry Koo Only in California. According to this article, the high frictional cost is due to the high percentage of cumulative trauma claims and...
Nov 17, 2021 Cal/OSHA Will Cease Development of its Own Vaccine Mandate Standard By Jeannette Herrera The Federal OSHA agency has suspended activities related to the implementation and enforcement of its COVID Emergency Temporary Standard...
Nov 17, 2021 Hanna Brophy at CALPELRA By JP Navarro After a two year hiatus, Hanna Brophy is out in action at the CALPELRA conference in gorgeous Monterey, CA. Join us at Booth 1 for...
Nov 15, 2021 Surveillance Video Evidence Does Not Require formal Authentication at WCAB By Peter Liu Interesting decision establishing a lower threshold for authentication of surveillance evidence in workers' compensation cases. The...
Nov 10, 2021 Much Ado About Senate Bill 331 By Kelsey Paddock Senate Bill 331, which expands existing prohibitions on confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses in settlement agreements, has now...
Nov 09, 2021 Court of Appeal Decision Highlights Importance for Employers to Consider FEHA Implications of Personnel Actions By Edward Hummer David Zamora was hired as a "field supervisor" by Security Industry Specialists (SIS) which provides security staffing services to major...
Nov 09, 2021 Fifth Circuit issues Temporary Stay on OSHA's ETS, Unclear if Stay Nationwide By Jeannette Herrera The Fifth Circuit issued a temporary emergency stay on Federal OSHA's COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard. The three-judge panel gave...
Nov 05, 2021 OSHA Publishes its COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard By Jeannette Herrera The Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published its highly anticipated Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). As...