Are COVID claims in California going up or down?  CWCI has done an analysis showing the massive increase in filings through the end...

Especially during unusual times. It is important to open windows of complete restoration of mind and body. Saturdays are the one day a...

Assembly Bill 334 was introduced in order to expand the skin cancer presumptions, specifically to include Peace officers who are...

Sen. Cortese has introduced Senate Bill 213 to create a set of rebuttable presumptions that injuries that develop or manifest in a...

Senate Bill 284, introduced by Senator Henry Stern on February 1, 2021, seeks to amend Section 3212.15 of the Labor Code.  Section...

Being a practicing workers' compensation attorney in the agricultural rich Fresno and Central San Joaquin Valley area, we frequently see...

Perhaps in an appropriate parallel to California's geological impermanence, Prop 22 and AB5 continue to collide like tectonic plates. But...

Sen. Steven Bradford, (D-Gardena) has introduced Senate Bill 788 to prohibit considering race, religion, sexual orientation and other...

My colleague Jeannette Herrera and I gave another webinar this morning on the ever-changing Cal/OSHA Emergency Temporary Standards, the...

Getting off to a good start is nowhere more important than a workers' compensation case. A solid checklist can make sure nothing falls...

A Statewide Medical Provider Network?  This is what is being proposed as part of AB 1465 which has recently been introduced....

Don't like fighting with your QME about their billing? Do you get a $10,000 QME bill and wonder how and why it happened? Well you may be...

We are starting to see more of the final outcomes of all the indictments for the capping and "kickback" schemes that were so rampant in...

Applicant sued employer alleging employer's negligent maintenance of a home they provided him resulted in a fire on Aug. 1, 2003, that...

Harvard may once have been the sole realm of US Royals, such as the JFK and his family who spoke found of "Hah-vad."  No more! The...

Hanna Brophy is launching its Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion Committee and this article speaks to how we want our mission to be one...

Did you know that for 2021 mileage reimbursement rate decreased to 56.0 cents per mile as of January 1, 2021, down 1.5 cents from the...

The quote below indicates that bitcoin is far-off "reality." Does that mean that there is actual thought about whether carriers should...

My big concern in seeing studies that correlate marijuana usage with WC claims is always the question of "what is this going to cost...

Ray Correio has put out a great article on the concept of "vocational apportionment". This is a master class on the concept and a must read!

The Division of Occupational Safety and Health is considering changes to the ETS.  This includes, among other things, definitional...

Willpower is not the master of destiny.  Rather the power of habit is like the effect of water dripping on a rock.  Our habits...

For those of us dreaming of post-COVID travel....I know I am! 

The finding in Ross v. California Highway Patrol, 2020 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 331, *1, 86 Cal. Comp. Cases 99, is a strong decision...

With certain exceptions, an employer can require an employee to be vaccinated to ensure a safe workplace in which “an individual shall...

San Diego County is following State and Federal guidelines for release of COVID vaccines.  Do you know when you and your employees...

Motivation is the external pressure to produce.  Purpose is the internal drive.  You will likely find more enjoyment and...

Employers were faced with plenty of obstacles in 2020. The financial hit to employers was severe as a result of shutdowns, stay at home...

The transition to remote litigation this past year has been jarring for some and a welcome change for many others. Attorneys who relied...

I have my eye on this one!  AB 415, another consequence from the fires in California.  But at what cost to our local agencies?