Because of the backlog of medical-legal evaluations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) adopted emergency regulations for medical-legal evaluations and reporting. The regulations became eff…Read More
On March 19, 2021, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 95 into law requiring most California employers to provide up to 80 hours of COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave. The law went into effect on March 29, 2021, but the requir…Read More
On March 19, 2021, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 95, which extends and expands the requirement for employers to provide supplemental paid sick leave to employees affected by COVID-19. The law places new paid leave requireme…Read More
The labor lawyers at Michael Sullivan & Associates, LLC poses this scenario: An employer arranges vaccinations for its employees. A health-care employer provides its employees with vaccinations. An employer encourages its empl…Read More
Register to Attend a Webinar on This Topic — January 20, 2021 at 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Part 22: COVID-19 Update – Vaccines: Employer Mandates and Compensability Employer-Provided Vaccines An employer arranges vaccinations for it…Read More
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the WCAB district offices have stopped conducting in-person trials since March 16, 2020. Beginning May 4, 2020, the WCAB began hearing trials on the cases-in-chief via individually assigned judges…Read More
Since March 2020, to protect the health and safety of staff and the community, the Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) closed the district offices for in-person filing. The DWC has only allowed documents to be filed via EAMS,…Read More
Two weeks after Cal/OSHA voted and approved emergency COVID-19 regulations, Governor Newsom has issued an Executive Order (PDF) making changes. The changes are intended to relax certain rules to accommodate economic necessities …Read More
On Dec. 15, 2020, the WCAB issued its seventh en banc decision regarding COVID-19, “In Re: COVID-19 State of Emergency En Banc –– NO. 7.” This decision suspends CCR 10789(c) which applies to the assignment of judges for wa…Read More
The OAL has approved the recently submitted new emergency standards (PDF) created by Cal/OSHA. These regulations are extensive, contain many new standards, and require immediate action on the part of California employers. They t…Read More
