Fed Guidance Relaxes Mask Mandate For Some
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just released new guidelines for mask usage and is now saying it is safe for fully vaccinated individuals to go without …
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Fact Checking
As noted in the last edition of this publication, the latest existential threat to California’s workers’ compensation system is Assembly Bill 1465 co-authored by Assembly Majority Leader Eloise Reyes (D-San …
State Employee Workers’ Comp Costs Nearly $1Billion
California taxpayers paid out nearly $1Billion – some $845 million – for the 2019-20 fiscal year to provide workers’ compensation benefits to California state workers. The state pays claims but no premium. The total is up 5.2% or $41 million from the prior year and is up $123 million or 17% since the 2017-18 fiscal …
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Should the COVID-19 Presumption Be Permanent?
The Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee passed on a 4-1 vote a bill to extend several rebuttable presumptions to frontline workers in acute care hospitals, including a permanent presumption for COVID-19 infections. The bill, SB 213 by committee chair Sen. Dave Cortese (D-San Jose), covers a range of infectious diseases, cancers, musculoskeletal injuries, …
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More Presumption Bills
The Senate Labor, Public Employment, and Retirement committee advanced without opposition a bill to expand an existing workers’ comp presumption for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It will provide the presumption to more public safety officers and others involved in emergency response. Legislators also amended another presumption bill to expand coverage and yet another to make …
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Injuries Were Treated As Fast Or Faster During The Pandemic
Industry veterans expressed concerns last year about an interesting trend in emerging workers’ comp data. It showed a sharp drop off in medical treatment during the stay-at-home periods ordered in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Studies have shown that delays in the initial treatment of an injury have long-term, costly effects on workers’ comp claims. …
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Dismissed COVID Negligence Claim Expected Back
A construction company dodged for the moment a negligence lawsuit filed by the wife of one of its employees who claimed she contracted COVID-19 from her husband after he allegedly contracted the virus on the job. The husband’s workers’ comp claim is pending with the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, but a federal judge dismissed the …
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Biggest Workers’ Comp Carriers Nationally
Who are the major carriers workers’ comp market? Which groups wrote more business last year? The 2020 figures are in and you can get the results by clicking here. Initial results from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners show the same 25 carrier groups dominating the national workers’ comp market in 2020 as in 2019. …
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