Governor Signs Flawed AB 5 Legislation Into Law
Gov. Gavin Newsom wasted little time in signing AB 5 into law. The bill by Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) is supposed to codify the California Supreme Court’s Dynamex ABC test …
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AB 5 an Apparent Disaster
Legislative efforts to codify the California Supreme Court’s Dynamex decision and its “ABC” test for differentiating between independent contractors and employees are nearly complete. And they are –– says almost …
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Major Amendments Before Summer Recess
As the California Legislature approached its Summer Recess, the workers’ compensation community was not unlike the old traditional James Bond martini – shaken, not stirred. The year began with no …
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Privacy, Worker Classifications And Presumptions Top The Legislative Agenda
The annual bill introduction period is behind us and among the 2,600+ bills introduced are proposals to exempt the workers’ comp system from new consumer privacy rules; expand, constrain and/or …
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Governor’s Action on Workers’ Comp Bills
Not every major event in a legislative session can be measured by a bill that gets signed into law. Such is the case this year when Governor Brown vetoed Assembly …
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UR Physicians – No Malpractice Lawsuits
The California workers’ comp industry let out a collective sigh relief when the California Supreme Court, today, handed down its decision in King v. CompPartners. The ruling upheld the workers’ …
Two Standards
The California Supreme Court has effectively created two different standards for determining proper classification – one for wage and hour issues and another for determining whether a worker is an …
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Massive Appellate Loss for Applied Underwriters’
A California Court of Appeal just handed Applied Underwriters a significant defeat. The case will affect Applied negatively in its numerous battles with California employers formerly enrolled in its EquityComp …