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Can Contract Workers in California Start Asking for Benefits?
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4-Sep-2019
Misclassified Contract Workers Gain Benefits Under New CA Law When Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB5 into law, he made a decision that could change the game for any workers currently considered “ independent contractors.” The law, building off a previous court decision, clarified the terms under which workers could be considered contractors rather than employees. With the goal of ...
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Assembly Member Blanca Rubio Calls for an Audit of the California Workers' Comp System
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8-Aug-2018
Rubio Says California’s Workers’ Compensation System Needs Fixing (And she’s right!) Countless people with legitimate work-related injuries have to jump through innumerable hoops and put up a long fight in order to gain access to the fair compensation they deserve—but leaders like democratic Assembly Member Blanca Rubio are calling for change. Rubio illustrates the ...
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Insurance Companies Seek to Weaken Cumulative Trauma Injury Claims
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17-Jan-2018
Cumulative trauma (CT) injury claims are crucial for workers who have been hurt at work over time, not within a single instance or accident. Oftentimes, a CT injury claim is filed by an employee who was exposed to toxic substances for many years, or who completed the same action again and again, ultimately causing a repetitive stress injury (RSI). The benefits gained through a workers’ ...
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Governor Brown Vetoes AB 570, Citing Gender Discrimination
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20-Oct-2017
Workers’ compensation law won’t be getting any major changes anytime soon, as the only major piece of legislation to reach Governor Brown’s desk after this year’s legislative session has been vetoed. AB 570 has been vetoed, with the Governor writing a fairly lengthy explanation letter for his decision in returning the bill to the State Assembly without his signature. ...
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CAAA Workers' Compensation Newsletter
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3-Oct-2017
This month’s California Applicants’ Attorneys Association Workers’ Compensation Newsletter presented a number of important subjects, ranging from news topics, events, informative pieces, and more. The newsletter opens with a piece titled Senator Steven Bradford: Aiming At the Racist Heart of Appointment, in which he highlights the racist undertones of the apportionment regime in ...
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CA Labor & Workforce Development Agency Responds to Trump Repeal of DACA
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11-Sep-2017
The Trump Administration recently announced its plan to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program after providing Congress several months to come up with other legislative ways to “protect” the Dreamers, or undocumented immigrant children – many now adults – who benefit from DACA. It has sparked significant controversy throughout the United States ...
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