Register for a free trial!
Call or email us anytime
(805) 484-0333
Search Guide
Today is Sunday, May 19, 2024 -

SEARCH RESULTS

431 Results

Senate Committee Approves PTSD Expansion, System Study

04/17/2023
be presumed that PTSD arose out of employment. SB 623 would additionally extend to Jan. 1 2032 from Jan. 1 2025 the sunset provision from the 2019 bill that established the PTSD presumption for certain first responders. The committee on Wednesday also voted 4-0 to pass SB 631 by Sen. Dave

Category: News

Committee Approves PTSD Presumption for State Nurses, Psychiatric Techs

04/14/2023
The Assembly Insurance Committee unanimously passed a bill that would establish a rebuttable presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is a compensable workplace injury for nursing staff providing care to California prison inmates and state hospital patients. The committee on Wednesday

Category: News

Nurses Association Starts Push for Latest Presumption Bill

04/05/2023
The California Nurses Association is starting the push for the latest bill in a long-running effort to establish a presumption of compensability for certain injuries suffered by nurses and other health care workers. Assemblymember Mia Bonta D-Oakland introduced AB 1156 which would presume

Category: News

Gig Workers, Employers Assert Potentially Viable Equal Protection Challenge to AB 5

03/31/2023
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the plaintiffs challenging the enforcement of California Assembly Bill 5 plausibly alleged that the legislation violated principles of equal protection and that they should have been allowed to proceed with their claim. In 2018 the

Category: News

Comp Bills Set for April 12 Hearings

03/31/2023
and psychiatric technicians. The Assembly Insurance Committee is scheduled to hear testimony on AB 1145 during a hearing that starts at 9 a.m. April 12. The bill by Assemblymember Brian Maienschein D-San Diego would add a new Labor Code Section 3212.16 creating a PTSD presumption for state

Category: News

Comp Bills on Agenda for March 22 Hearing

03/07/2023
The California Assembly Insurance Committee is scheduled to hear testimony March 22 on bills that would allow work comp carriers to continue paying benefits with prepaid debit cards and add San Diego boat safety officers to the list of first responders eligible for a presumption that certain

Category: News

Lawmakers Seek System Studies, More Presumptions

02/21/2023
Legislature passed AB 2616 which would have created the presumption that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin infections are work-related for hospital employees. Then-Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed the bill saying compensability should be decided by the rules of that system and facts of each

Category: News

Bill Would Apply PTSD Presumption to Workers at Dept. of Corrections

02/17/2023
Wednesday. The bill would add peace officers as defined in Penal Code Section 830.2d to the statutes establishing the PTSD presumption for other first responders. The Penal Code section refers to any member of the correctional safety office and internal affairs office at the Department of Corrections

Category: News

Lawmakers Reintroduce Presumption Expansion Proposals Vetoed Last Session

02/13/2023
introduced AB 579 which would expand the PTSD presumption to cover public safety dispatchers emergency response communication workers emergency medical technicians and paramedics. The bill would also extend the presumption to firefighting members of the state departments of Military Developmental

Category: News

Privette Doctrine Doesn't Shield Property Owner From Potential Liability to Injured Worker

11/14/2022
. Freeway Insurance Services Inc. leased an office suite in the center from Kimco. After Freeway vacated the suite in October 2017 the terms of its lease made it responsible for removing an exterior sign. Kimco offered to handle the removal and bill the cost to Freeway but Freeway elected to hire

Category: News

Start | < Previous | 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 | Next > | End

Advertisements

Advertise with us

Now Trending

Jobs

Upcoming Events

  • May 22-23, 2024

    San Diego Elevate Workers' Com

    About #ELEVATEWORKCOMP This annual event is all about championing the cause to improve Workers’ C …

  • Jun 12-14, 2024

    20th Annual Conference: Legisl

    Registration Our signature event of the year annually draws a high-level audience of participants …

  • Jun 20-23, 2024

    California Applicants' Attorne

    Attendee Registration Opens Tuesday, April 9th @ 9:30 AM Sponsorships & Exhibitor Applications …

Workers' Compensation Events

more

Social Media Links


WorkCompCentral
c/o Business Insurance Holdings, Inc.
PO Box 1010
Greenwich, CT 06836
(805) 484-0333