Do your clients know about the February 1st deadline for posting workplace injury data? Who is covered, and what information ...

When can the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board use equitable tolling to act on a petition beyond the statutory deadline?

What are the employment tests that apply to the relationship between an owner-operator and a trucking company? This recent court of appeals decision delves into the issue and the information it needs ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing to increase staffing at the Department of Industrial Relations and the Division of Workers' Compensation. Where are the additional resources going, and what will the ...

How much do taxpayers actually pay to cover the workers' comp costs of public agencies that self-insure? What does the latest experience data tell us about claims costs in the system?

How is one legislator proposing to reform California’s troubled Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund pro-gram. What is included in the bill and how does it fail to address one of the program’s ...

The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board says a carrier erred in how long it reduced a claimant's weekly benefits to pay attorney fees.

How with the millions that California employers give each year to fight workers' comp fraud be divvied up next year between local District Attorneys and the California Department of Insurance? What ...

What coverage is included under a FAIR Plan homeowner's policy, and why is incidental workers' comp being excluded? The Second District explains its reasoning in a new opinion that goes against ...

Why did an appeals court send a case back to the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board? What was the failure WCAB admitted?Read More... This content is for premium subscribers. To read please login or ...

It is going on two years late but is finally out. What does the Division of Workers' Compensation’s 2023 audit report tell us about the competency of claims handling in the state? Read More... This ...

The Second District issued this decision applying the common law doctrine of avoidable consequences. Click here for the opinion explaining why the decision to deny disability retirement was the ...