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Injured at Home Rules and Employers Defense
In March of 2020, many Americans picked their kids up from school for the last time. What followed, remote schooling, ranged from 100% video class to sporadic attendance tied to …
WCAB Panel Overturns Order Delaying Remote Trial
The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board issued a significant panel decision that sends a case back to the workers’ comp judge directing he hear arguments about whether a trial can proceed remotely. The decision overturned the workers’ comp Judge’s order suspending trial until testimony could be heard in person. The decision in Limin Gao v. Chevron …
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Abuse Of Copy Service Rules
Employers and copy service providers over the years have aired a litany of complaints against each other over alleged billing and payment abuses. The state’s adoption of a new copy service fee schedule in 2015 eliminated some of the acrimony. But comments on the state’s proposed new workers’ comp copy service fee schedule update show …
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Supplemental Job Displacement Benefit Disputes
The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board struck down the agency’s regulations in an en banc decision saying the WCAB has exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate compensation claims. It concluded the Division of Workers’ Compensation overstepped its authority by making the agency’s administrative director the arbiter in disputes over Supplemental Job Displacement Benefits (SJDB) eligibility. SJDB vouchers are …
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WCAB Limits Court Appearances & Filings
Responding to the growing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the Division of Workers’ Compensation and the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board will begin limiting court appearances to protect health and safety of staff …
Legwork Begins To Replace WCAB’s Case Management System
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation is seeking funds to begin planning for a replacement of the hodge-podge case management system the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board has been using for over a decade. The Division is seeking $864,000 for this fiscal year and another $333,000 next year to conduct the initial planning, such as researching …
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WCAB Doubles Down On Inmate’s Right To SJDB Voucher
The Workers’ Compensation Appeals WCAB (WCAB) says the Division of Workers’ Compensation Administrative Directors have overstepped their authority in issuing regulations making the AD the arbiter of disputes over Supplemental Job Displacement Benefit (SJDB) benefits. The WCAB is preparing to hold that it alone holds the power to adjudicate compensation claims, including disputes over SJDB …
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