Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed $18 billion budget for the 2020/2021 fiscal year includes millions more for the state’s Department of Industrial Relations. The administration is expecting many more investigations of …
The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) completed an update to its rules of practice and procedure in the waning days of 2019. The changes become effective on January 1, 2020. …
The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board issued an en banc decision to clarify that med-legal lien claimants have the burden to show that their charges are linked to a contested claim, …
The California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA) will get a second chance to convince a superior court judge that an injured worker suffered a cumulative injury rather than a specific one …
The workers’ comp community expressed “serious concerns” about several aspects of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board’s proposal to update its rules of practice and procedure. The proposal generated well over …
The Second District Court of Appeal says the California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA) is responsible for a special employee’s workers’ comp claim even though the special employer never signed a …
The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board says in a new significant panel decision that Saturdays do not count in the calculation of working days for completing a utilization review (UR) decision. …