News Digest 10/16/2006
Temporary Total Disability Rate for 2007 to Increase The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has announced that the California maximum temporary total disability rate will increase to $881.66 on Jan. …
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Temporary Total Disability Rate For 2007 To Increase
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has announced that the California maximum temporary total disability rate will increase to $881.66 on Jan. 1, 2007, marking the first year the rate will be affected by a change in the state average weekly wage, under Labor Code Sec. 4453(a)(10). The state average weekly wage is the average …
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Welcher Kicks Apportionment To Supreme Court
Turning current precedent on its head, the Third Appellate District just ruled that permanent disability is apportioned by subtracting the previous percentage of disability from the current level of disability, instead of the dollar amount of benefit awards as determined by other courts. The case, Welcher v. Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, Hat Creek Construction, Inc. …
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SB 815 Heads To Governor’s Desk
Working into the evening, the California Senate approved by 23 to 14 SB 815, a bill doubling permanent disability benefits to injured workers by 2009. Little or no thought is given to the costs imposed on the system by this huge benefits increase. And successful litigation by the applicants’ attorneys will increase the costs even …
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Perata Authors Applicants’ Attorney Recovery Bill
True to his word, Sen. Don Perata (D-Oakland) is pushing legislation that doubles the weekly permanent partial disability benefit to injured workers by 2009. And it could be more, if the applicants’ bar succeeds in invalidating the current Permanent Disability Rating Schedule (PDRS) in the courts. Newly minted amendments to SB 815 boost by a …
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Perata Promises To Get Pd Fix On Governor’s Desk
Senator Pro Tem Don Perata (D-Oakland) is planning to get a bill on Governor Schwarzenegger’s desk to “fix” the Permanent Disability Rating Schedule before the end of the summer. During a news conference discussing the issues leading up to the next session, Senator Perata reminded the governor of his promise. “The governor has said, and …
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News Digest 7/27/2006
Kern County Board Mulls Benefits for Ex-Supervisor’s Widow The Kern County Employees’ Retirement Association board was scheduled yesterday to hear a recommendation to deny disability retirement benefits to the widow …
WCAB: New PD Schedule Applies to Pre-2005 Injuries
The Workers’ Comp Appeals Board in an en banc decision has ruled that the revised Permanent Disability Rating Schedule not only applies to injuries that occur on or after January 1, 2005 but to injuries that occur prior to that date unless one of the exceptions in Labor Code 4660(d) applies. The case is Elizabeth …
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