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Garment Manufacturer Charged With Wage Theft Cited for Lack of Comp Coverage
10/13/2023
The first company to be charged under a new California law criminalizing wage theft was also fined more than 81000 for failure to carry workers compensation coverage.
The Labor Commissioners Office on Thursday said it has partnered with the Los Angeles County District Attorneys Office for
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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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Poultry Business Settles Labor Law Violations for $1.47M
04/27/2023
citations issued to Tony Bran owner of Exclusive Poultry Inc. J.T. Foods Specialty Inc. and D8 Poultry. Brans companies used employees provided by labor contractors.
The Department of Industrial Relations said in a statement that California law holds businesses that obtain labor from a contractor
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Sean McNally Elected 2023 Chair of CHSWC
01/04/2023
The California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation announced that commissioner Sean McNally will serve as chairman in 2023.
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McNally was elected Dec. 16. He represents employers on the commission and succeeds Mitch Steiger a labor
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Court Overturns Summary Judgment for Contractor on Privette Doctrine Defense
10/27/2022
A California appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment for a general contractor finding it failed to establish that the Privette doctrine shielded it from civil liability to a subcontractors injured employee as a matter of law.
In 2017 Beach House Design and Development was the
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Committees Pass Bills to Expand COVID Presumption, Narrow Liability Investigation Window
08/15/2022
required a study into allegations that employers with poor comp risks are reclassifying their workers as temporary staff to shift costs onto a labor contractor; and AB 2894 which would have modified comp coverage requirements for contractors.
Those bills are likely out of contention after failing to
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Bill to Index Med-Legal Fee Schedule for Inflation Added to Fiscal Committee Agenda
08/08/2022
CHSWC to complete by Jan. 1 2024 a report assessing whether employers with poor work comp risks are reclassifying workers as temporary staff or labor contractor employees to reduce their comp costs.
AB 1681 by Assemblyman Tom Daly D-Anaheim would allow the insurance commissioner to convene
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Labor Contractor Sentenced to 90 Days in Jail for Fraud
07/15/2022
A Southern California labor contractor who pleaded guilty to fraud charges in March was sentenced to 90 days in jail and 24 months of felony probation the Ventura County District Attorneys Office announced.
Robert Z. Delara 50 pleaded guilty to an insurance fraud charge and admitted a
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Assembly Insurance Committee Hearing Comp Bills Wednesday
06/21/2022
assessing whether employers with poor work comp risks are reclassifying workers as temporary staff or labor contractor employees to reduce their comp costs.
AB 2148 by Assemblywoman Lisa Calderon D-Whittier which would extend until Jan. 1 2024 the sunsetting date for a statute that would repeal
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Committees Pass Bills Addressing Coverage Rules for Contractors
06/16/2022
complete by Jan. 1 2024 a report assessing whether employers with poor work comp risks are reclassifying workers as temporary staff or labor contractor employees to doge work comp costs.
The Senate Labor Public Employment and Retirement Committee also voted 5-0 to pass AB 1643 by Assemblyman Robert
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