California workers’ comp records show that 3.7% of all active state employees have filed a workers’ comp claim for work-related COVID-19. An exclusive analysis of State Compensation Insurance Fund and …
New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing Amazon.com Inc., alleging it failed to adequately protect its New York area employees’ health and safety to turn a higher profit. The …
On February 17, the Labor & Workforce Development Agency (LWDA) announced the creation of an Employer Portal for COVID-19 industry guidance. Per the LWDA, the Portal is, “…a one-stop hub …
The Department of Industrial Relations is providing detail about its request for an additional $8.7 million – paying for some 43 positions next fiscal year. It wants the money to …
The week of January 11 was a busy one for the Courts when it came to the ongoing trauma that is AB 5 and the vexatious “ABC Test” now codified …
Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a proposed $227.2 billion state budget that includes emergency COVID-19 relief funding for businesses and unemployed Californians. The budget also calls for an extra $8.7 million …
As COVID-19 cases continue to surge in California and throughout the nation (see related story on page 12), there’s a new cause for worry. New variants of the virus have …
Newly released data from the California Workers’ Compensation Information System shows a spike in filed workers’ comp claims related to the COVID-19 pandemic during the fourth quarter of the year. …