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Trio of Presumption Bills Placed in Suspense Get Appropriations Hearings Today
08/20/2020
Three bills that would create COVID-19 presumptions were held in suspense earlier this week and will be heard during committee meetings today.
Assembly Bill 196 Assembly Bill 664 and Senate Bill 1159 would to varying degrees establish presumptions that workers who contracted COVID-19 did so
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Appropriations Committee Hearing Presumption Bills Monday
08/14/2020
pass the bill on Tuesday.
A third bill SB 1159 by Hill which would codify Gov. Gavin Newsom's presumption that expired June 5 and also create a long-term presumption for essential workers is awaiting a hearing in the Assembly Appropriations Committee. As of Thursday that committee had not
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Committee Passes Bill Allowing Newspapers to Continue Classifying Carriers as Contractors
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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Committees Give Thumbs-Up to Three Presumption Bills
08/12/2020
Senate Labor Public Employment and Retirement Committee voted 3-1 to pass AB 196 Tuesday afternoon. The committee also voted 3-0 to pass AB 664.
At the same time the Assembly Insurance Committee voted 10-1 to pass Senate Bill 1159 by Sen. Jerry Hill D-San Mateo. The bill would codify Gov. Gavin
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Hearing Scheduled for Conclusive COVID-19 Presumption Bill
08/10/2020
amended bill that would create a rebuttable presumption that COVID-19 is compensable. The meeting starts at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Assembly Bill 196 has sat idle since May 5 when Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez amended the measure to propose a conclusive presumption that COVID-19 is compensable for specified
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Labor Commissioner Sues Uber, Lyft for Misclassification
08/06/2020
lawsuits is to enforce the states labor laws specifically the ABC test of employee status from the 2018 state Supreme Court decision in Dynamex that was codified by Assembly Bill 5 last year. The three-part test presumes workers are employees unless they are free from control by the hiring entity
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COVID-19 Claims Could Cost at Least $2.17B Over Next 3 Years, WCIRB Says
08/06/2020
. Gavin Newsoms executive order that created a presumption for workers who contracted COVID-19 between March 19 the start of his stay-at-home order and July 5. The bill now proposes a presumption that would last through July 1 2024 and would be triggered based on the percentage of people in the
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Presumption to Run Through 2024, Under Amended Bill
08/05/2020
California law would presume COVID-19 is compensable for specified frontline workers and anyone working at a place where at least 5 of their coworkers also tested positive under the latest amendments to Senate Bill 1159.
The amendments to SB 1159 by Sen. Jerry Hill D-San Mateo would create
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Hearing on Presumption Bill Delayed to Aug. 11
07/29/2020
A hearing on a bill that would codify California Gov. Gavin Newsoms COVID-19 presumption was delayed by two weeks.
The Assembly Insurance Committee will hear testimony on SB 1159 by Sen. Jerry Hill D-San Mateo during a hearing that starts at 10 a.m. Aug. 11. The committee was scheduled to
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Newsom Promises Expanded Worker Protections but Hasn't Announced New Presumption
07/28/2020
not to act on a new presumption a bill working its way through the state Legislature would codify language found in his previous executive order.
On Wednesday afternoon the Assembly Insurance Committee will hear testimony on Senate Bill 1159 authored by Sen. Jerry Hill D-San Mateo. The bill
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