Tag: workers’ comp

Use this free flow chart to determine whether a presumption of COVID-19 in your worker applies.
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COVID-19 Workers’ Comp Claim Presumption Flowchart

 Jessica Mulholland  June 9, 2020

In early May, Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order extending workers’ compensation benefits to California employees who contract COVID-19 while working outside of their…

AB 664 and AB 196, however, go beyond a mere presumption and conclusively determine that any exposure or contraction of a communicable disease, is a workplace injury.
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Job Killer Bills Dramatically Increase Workers’ Compensation Costs

 HRWatchdog  June 5, 2020

Two California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer bills that will substantially increase workers’ compensation costs by establishing a “conclusive presumption” of workplace injury for contraction of COVID-19…

Governor Newsom’s new executive order providing workers’ compensation benefits for workers who contract COVID-19 during the stay-at-home order is retroactive to March 19, 2020.
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Workers’ Compensation Benefits Extended for COVID-19

 James W. Ward  May 7, 2020

Yesterday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Executive Order N-62-20,  extending workers’ compensation benefits to employees who contract COVID-19 while working outside of their homes during California’s…