24 May 2022 Cal/OSHA's Reminder of Heat Illness Protection This Summer By Michael Mazzoni As summer approaches in California, Cal/OSHA has sent out a press release to remind employers to take the necessary precautions to...
03 May 2022 When Must a Party Object to a Late QME Report? Earlier Than You Might Think! By Michael Easley What happens when a QME issues a late report but the objecting party waits too long to object? And what is “too long to object”, anyway?...
21 Apr 2022 CA Supreme Court Declines to Hear See’s Candies Case By Jeannette Herrera The California Supreme Court declined to review the appellate court decision holding that the derivative injury doctrine does not...
08 Apr 2022 Review of Cal/OSHA’s Final Proposed Revision to its COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard By Jeannette Herrera On April 7, 2022, the Standards Board published its final version of its COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). The Board is...
31 Mar 2022 Committee Approves Proposal to Shorten Investigation Time for Workers Compensation Claims, Provide Additional Temporary Disability to First Responders By Edward Hummer On March 21, 2022, the California State Senate's Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement voted 4 - 1 to advance SB 1127,...
22 Feb 2022 Workers Compensation Emergency Regulation Authorizing Electronic Service of Med-Legal Reports Set to Expire By Jeannette Herrera Title 8, California Code of Regulations (CCR) section 36.7 is set to expire Friday, February 25, 2022. The Division of Industrial...
14 Feb 2022 California Governor signed COVID Supplemental Sick Leave Bill Granting up to 80 Hours to Employees who Qualify Between 1/01/22 - 9/30/2022. By Brenna Hampton SB 114 that was signed last week and is effective 2/19/2022 created Labor Code section 248.6 and provides retroactive COVID Supplemental...
04 Feb 2022 Proposed AB 1751 Extends COVID-19 Workers’ Compensation Presumptions by Two Years By Jeannette Herrera On February 1, 2022, California Assembly Member Tom Daly (Anaheim) proposed Assembly Bill 1751, which would serve to extend the COVID-19...
02 Feb 2022 New CMS Memo Targets Non-Submit MSA's By Michael Mazzoni The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released an updated Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside (WCMSA) Reference...
22 Dec 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...
17 Nov 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...
09 Nov 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...