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As Grocer Plans to Replace Drivers, Observers Question Sufficiency of Prop. 22 Benefits
01/13/2021
-related injuries or incidents resulting in permanent disability.
Prop. 22 which was approved by nearly 59 of California voters exempts app-based driving companies from classifying their workers as employees. It was crafted in direct response to Assembly Bill 5 which lawmakers passed in 2019 to
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DWC Director Says Division Has Satisfied Recommendations From 2019 QME Audit
12/07/2020
advised legislators to amend state law to specify that DWC review and if necessary update the medical-legal fee schedule at least every two years based on inflation.
Assembly Bill 1815 authored by Democrats Tom Daly of Anaheim and Rudy Salas of Bakersfield wouldve satisfied that requirement
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Editorial: Prop. 22 a Road Map for Bypassing Legislature on Labor Law
11/05/2020
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The Los Angeles Times on Wednesday said California lawmakers had the opportunity when negotiating Assembly Bill 5 to cut a deal with tech companies to exempt them from the new law that presumes workers are employees.
Instead of creating a third category of protections for gig workers which would
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Appellate Court Affirms Injunction Requiring Uber, Lyft to Classify Drivers as Employees
10/27/2020
Becerra along with city attorneys in Los Angeles San Diego and San Francisco in May 2020 filed a complaint accusing Uber and Lyft of misclassifying drivers as contractors in violation of Assembly Bill 5. A San Francisco Superior Court judge on Aug. 10 issued an injunction ordering the companies to
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Study: Medical Payments Per Claim Stabilize After Reforms Sent Them Tumbling
10/20/2020
stabilization in part to the passage of two anti-fraud laws. Assembly Bill 1244 and Senate Bill 1160 both of which became law in 2017 were intended to address Californias growing liens problem.
AB 1244 required the Division of Workers Compensation to suspend medical providers convicted of committing
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New CWCI Online Program Aims to Guide Stakeholders Through COVID Presumption Law
09/21/2020
presentation also covered Assembly Bill 685 by Assemblywoman Eloise Reyes D-San Bernardino which Newsom also signed into law on Thursday.
AB 685 requires companies to notify employees when someone tests positive at work. It also gives the state Division of Occupational Safety and Health the authority to
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Legislature Passes One COVID Presumption Bill Before Ending Session
09/02/2020
The California Legislature passed a bill that would create a rebuttable COVID-19 presumption for first responders health care workers and other essential employees through 2022 before the regular session ended Monday at midnight.
Sen. Jerry Hill
Senate Bill 1159 by San Mateo Democrat
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COVID Presumptions Amended, Conclusive Proposal Off Table
08/27/2020
up for a third and final vote in the Assembly.
Senate Bill 1159 would write into statute the presumption Gov. Gavin Newsom created through executive order that covered all essential workers with dates of injury between March 19 and July 5.
As amended Tuesday SB 1159 would create two new
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Legislature Has One Week to Decide Fate of Competing COVID Presumption Bills
08/24/2020
that would create a conclusive presumption that the disease is compensable for all other essential workers.
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday voted 5-2 to pass Assembly Bill 196 by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez D-San Diego which declares COVID-19 is compensable for workers other
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Newsom's Order Creating COVID Presumption Was Unconstitutional, Defense Firm Alleges
08/21/2020
not available by deadline.
Assembly Bill 664 by Assemblyman Jim Cooper D-Elk Grove and Senate Bill 1159 by Sen. Jerry Hill D-San Mateo would create rebuttable presumptions. The Senate bill would also codify the governor's executive order.
Assembly Bill 196 by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez
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