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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …