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Published May 12, 2020
Executive Order N-62-20 Best Practices
Read our summary of Gavin Newsom’s Executive order N-62-20 on coronavirus (COVID-19), and our suggestions for best practices in addressing such claims.
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Published April 27, 2020
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Published April 20, 2020
Tim Kinsey Defeats Industrial Disability Retirement Claim
Tim Kinsey successfully defeated Applicant’s claim for a CalPERS Industrial Disability Retirement, saving the City of Anaheim over $1,000,000. The JAMS Judge concluded that because Applicant resigned before participating in Anaheim’s Mandatory Permanent Modified Duty program, he precluded the City’s ability to explore modified positions and therefore denied Applicant’s request for an Industrial Disability Retirement.
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“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art…. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” ~ C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
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Published May 28, 2020
California Division of Workers’ Compensation and WCAB Expand Hearing Schedule to Include Lien Conferences, Effective June 8
California’s Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) and Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) have announced updated hearing procedures, effective June 8th, in an effort to improve operations during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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Published May 19, 2020
New Emergency Workers’ Compensation Rules Allow Remote Med-Legal Evaluations By AMEs or PQMEs During Stay-At-Home Orders Due to COVID19 Pandemic
Emergency rules have been passed due to the COVID-19 pandemic to allow remote med-legal evaluation by AMEs or PQMEs while the stay at home orders are in effect. This emergency regulation may have the effect of speeding up the med-legal process which has been stalled somewhat under the stay at home orders.
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Published May 6, 2020
Executive Order from Governor Newsom Establishes Presumption That Workers Infected With COVID-19 Contracted Virus At Work
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced an Executive Order in response to the Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, establishing a rebuttable presumption that a worker who tests positive for the virus contracted it arising out of and during the course of employment.
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