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Amended Bill Would Cap TD Extension at 90 Days for Successful IMR Challenge
09/06/2023
Assembly appropriations committees also passed bills to expand post-traumatic stress disorder and skin cancer coverage and modify death benefit laws for first responders.
Before the Senate Appropriations Committee voted 5-2 on Friday to pass AB 1213 Assemblymember Liz Ortega D-Hayward amended the
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Governor Signs Tramway Safety Bill to Correct Statutory Reference to Definition of 'Employee'
08/01/2023
contractor or an employee.
The bill amends Labor Code Section 3351i to replace the reference to Labor Code Section 2750.3 with a reference to Section 2775.
Assembly Bill 5 enacted in 2019 codified the three-part ABC test that the high court outlined in Dynamex as the appropriate way to determine
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Comp Bills Keep Moving With Approval From Committees
06/30/2023
state firefighters to the list of public employees who are exempt from certain limits on death benefits.
On the same day the Assembly Insurance Committee passed SB 623 which would add firefighters and dispatchers to the existing PTSD presumption; SB 636 which would require some utilization review
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Fiscal Committees Pass Comp Bills Ahead of Deadline
05/23/2023
Committee voted 5-2 to pass the bill.
The bills can now be called for final votes in their respective chambers. June 2 is the deadline for the Senate to pass Senate bills and for the Assembly to pass Assembly measures.
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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
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Court Rejects Argument That Prop. 22 Usurps Authority to Create Comp Laws
03/15/2023
Castellanos v. State of California said the unconstitutional provisions can be severed from the rest of the initiative leaving other provisions from Prop. 22 in place.
Proposition 22 was the ride-hailing industrys response after lawmakers refused its requests to exempt its drivers from Assembly Bill 5
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Measure to Add Protection for Cannabis Use to FEHA Up for Final Vote in Senate
08/25/2022
The California Senate is considering a bill that would limit the ability of businesses to make adverse employment decisions based on a persons off-hour use of cannabis.
Assembly Bill 2188 by Assemblyman Bill Quirk D-Hayward would require employers to use a test that proves a person was
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Committees Pass Bills to Expand COVID Presumption, Narrow Liability Investigation Window
08/15/2022
Committee voted 5-0 to pass AB 1643.
The committee also voted 7-0 on Thursday to pass AB 1681 a bill by Daly that would allow the insurance commissioner to convene meetings with carriers and self-insured employers to discuss potential fraud. The bill would separately allow a district attorney to convene
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Gig Industry Firms Argue Against Employee Classification Law Before 9th COA
07/14/2022
Attorneys for gig industry firms including Uber and Postmates on Wednesday argued that a three-judge panel from the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals should overturn a trial court judge who refused to stop California from implementing the employment classification standards from Assembly Bill 5
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Committees Pass Bills Addressing Coverage Rules for Contractors
06/16/2022
A California Assembly committee passed bills that would mandate comp coverage for pest control contractors and expand license classifications required to file a certificate of coverage with the Contractors State License Board.
At the same time a Senate committee passed a bill that would
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