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Published September 21, 2020
Key Highlights of the COVID Presumption Law
Senate Bill 1159 and AB 685 stand to be a huge consideration in workers’ compensation cases due to COVID-19. Please review our “Key Highlights of the COVID Presumption Law,” and contact us if you have questions about what the law means for you.
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Published September 9, 2020
Aaron Hemmings and Jerry Remple Present “Good Faith Personnel Action Defense”
SRTK Shareholders Aaron Hemmings and Jerry Rempel presented “Good Faith Personnel Action Defense” on September 9th, 2020 as part of the Valley Industrial Claims Association (VICA) three-day virtual “Summer Circus” webinar event. The event provided participants with the opportunity to earn up to 6 hours of MCLE and CEU across the six individual programs.
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Published August 27, 2020
Legislative Update: Amended COVID-19 Presumption Bills Remain Under Review as California Senate Closes Due to Coronavirus
The three bills under review to establish workers’ compensation presumptions for COVID-19 cases are still pending discussion, with more proposed amendments expected and negotiations anticipated to continue leading up to closure of the legislature’s 2020 session on Monday, August 30th. Discussion of the bills stalled when Wednesday’s floor session was canceled and the Senate closed temporarily due to a member testing positive for COVID-19.
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Published August 18, 2020
Register Now: Aaron Hemmings and Jerry Remple to present at VICA’s “Summer Circus Series”
On Wednesday, September 9th, SRTK Shareholders Aaron Hemmings and Jerry Rempel will present a session on Good Faith personnel Defense as part of the Valley Industrial Claims Association (VICA) virtual “Summer Circus Series” event.
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Published August 14, 2020
California Legislature Votes, Will Hold Appropriations Committee Hearing on Multiple Bills to Create COVID-19 Presumptions for “Essential” and Other Workers
As we have written previously, the California state legislature will begin to hear testimony on Senate Bill 1159, in a session beginning August 11th at 10am. In addition, testimony will be heard on two other bills, Assembly Bill 196 (AB 196) and Assembly Bill 664 (AB 664). These two bills create separate presumptions, one conclusive and one rebuttable, that cover essential employees.
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Published August 10, 2020
California Legislature to Hear Testimony on Multiple Bills to Create COVID-19 Presumptions for “Essential” and Other Workers
As we have written previously, the California state legislature will begin to hear testimony on Senate Bill 1159, in a session beginning August 11th at 10am. In addition, testimony will be heard on two other bills, Assembly Bill 196 (AB 196) and Assembly Bill 664 (AB 664). These two bills create separate presumptions, one conclusive and one rebuttable, that cover essential employees.
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Published July 24, 2020
Legislative Update: California Lawmakers To Evaluate Adding COVID-19 Presumption to Labor Code
The California Assembly Insurance Committee will hear testimony on Wednesday concerning SB1159, a bill that would codify Governor Newsom’s Executive Order establishing a rebuttable presumption that coronavirus (COVID-19) cases contracted at work between March 19th and July 5th are compensable.
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Published July 14, 2020
California Workers’ Compensation Anesthesiologist Charged With 88 Felony Counts in Insurance Fraud Scheme
A California workers’ compensation anesthesiologist has been charged with 88 felony counts in a healthcare insurance fraud scheme that prosecutors say cost insurance companies over $650 million in fraudulent billings.
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Published July 7, 2020
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Published June 1, 2020
SRTK Statement on Recent Events
As a firm that both celebrates and finds strength in our diversity, SRTK is deeply saddened by the recent events in our communities across the US. We stand by those who are passionately yet peacefully opposing oppression of any form and we will continue to support our clients, team members, colleagues, and communities through a commitment to diversity and inclusion in both the workplace and the world.
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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