01/03/2022
up in the Newsom recall fight and there is no indication that Newsom focuses on the comp system. In a year of COVID the “Great Resignation” inflation racial reckoning and political division California workers’ comp was pretty quiet. But stuff always happens…
The
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12/01/2023
of Covid-19 while employed as a pharmacy assistant by
defendant on March 22 2020; 2 per the stipulation of the parties the Utilization Review UR
determination issued on May 12 2023 was untimely; 3 the reports Dr. Merman submitted
regarding the provision of home health care to assist
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03/01/2024
applicants AWE the
WCJs Opinion on Decision explained his analysis as follows
It is inarguable that Applicants earnings in the year prior to his August 28 2021
injury were depressed as a result of Covid and its impact on the economy and
the employers business and not due to Applicants
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01/01/2021
fair hearing under both the California and United States Constitutions. Rucker v.
Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. 2000 82 Cal.App.4th 151 157158 65 Cal.Comp.Cases 805. As
stated by the California Supreme Court in Carstens v. Pillsbury 1916 172 Cal. 572 577 the
commission . . . must find
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01/16/2024
be
a Determined to be exempt from AB 5 after the California Supreme Court in Castellanos v. State of California rejects an attack on the constitutionality of Proposition 22.
b Determined to be employees under AB 5 as the California Supreme Court rules in 
Category: Industry Insights
08/12/2020
enacted Assembly Bill 5 which codified a state Supreme Court decision and required the use of the ABC test to determine who is a worker and who is a contractor.
Under the new law workers are presumed to be employees unless the employer proves they are free from control and direction perform work
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10/22/2020
Doordash and other gig platform companies have unleashed a tsunami of spending in an effort to buy themselves exemption from Assembly Bill 5 which along with the California Supreme Court decision known as Dynamex adopted new criteria for determining who is an employee or independent
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12/01/2020
and United States Constitutions. Rucker
v. Workers Comp. Appeals Bd. 2000 82 Cal.App.4th 151 157-158 65 Cal.Comp.Cases 805.
A fair hearing is . . . one of the rudiments of fair play assured to every litigant . . . Id. at p.
158. As stated by the California Supreme Court in
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12/01/2021
having venue. Cal. Code Regs. tit. 8 former
10840a now 10940a eff. Jan. 1 2020.
The Division of Workers Compensation DWC closed its district offices for filing as of
March 17 2020 in response to the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. 1 In light of the
district offices
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04/01/2022
him to speak to the superintendent Tony
who advised applicant to go see a doctor. 10062021 MOH page 3 lines 13-17. Applicant states
that he refused treatment because of his fear of Covid. 10062021 MOH page 3 lines 13-19.
Applicant states that he filled out a report the following day with
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