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Thursday, April 25, 2024

Newsom Says Indoor Heat Safety Rules Too Expensive for Prisons

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Correctional officers and other workers are likely to be left out of the new indoor heat standards California workplace safety regulators are reportedly scrambling to

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Appropriations Committee Places TD Bills on Suspense File

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The California Senate Appropriations Committee put a temporary hold on two bills that would authorize temporary disability benefits for attending medical appointments and for successfully

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Lawmakers Pass Cancer Presumption Bill and Nurse Payment Resolution

  • State: Hawaii
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Hawaii lawmakers passed a bill that would add breast cancer and cancer of female reproductive organs to the list of conditions that are presumed compensable

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Tuesday, April 23, 2024

DWC Updates Time-of-Hire Notice

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The Division of Workers’ Compensation on Monday announced that it updated a notice that employers are required to give to new employees.

The time-of-hire notice,

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Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Committee Passes Bill to Strip State's Right to Self-Insure

  • State: Colorado
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The Colorado Senate Appropriations Committee passed a bill that would strip the right of the state to self-insure its workers’ compensation risks.

Senate Bill 149,

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Monday, April 22, 2024

Zurich Ordered to Pay $80.3 Million in Suit Over Employee Incentives

  • State: California
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Three former managers in a workers’ compensation department in Zurich North America’s Rancho Cordova, California, branch have been awarded $80.3 million in compensatory and punitive

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Monday, April 22, 2024

School Worker COVID Bill Clears First Hurdle

  • State: California
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A committee in the California Assembly unanimously passed a bill that would direct schools to continue paying those who are excluded from the workplace due to

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Monday, April 22, 2024

Cal/OSHA Cites Construction Company $371,100 for Fatal Trench Collapse

  • State: California
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The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health fined a construction company $371,100 for a September 2023 fatal trench collapse in San Francisco.

A 24-year-old

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Monday, April 22, 2024

Committee Passes Bill to Expand 4850 Eligibility

  • State: California
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A California Senate Committee last week passed a bill that would extend full-pay salary continuation benefits to injured county park rangers and housing authority officers

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Monday, April 22, 2024

Appropriations Committee Schedules Hearing on E-Signature Bill

  • State: California
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The California Assembly Appropriations Committee scheduled a Wednesday hearing for a bill that would allow electronic signatures in proceedings before the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board.

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