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Kids’ Chance of California Announces Scholarship Awards for the 2024/2025 Academic Year
Kids’ Chance of California Announces Scholarship Awards for the 2024/2025 Academic Year

AUGUST 27, 2024 Soquel, CA – Kids’ Chance of California (KCOCA), a non-profit educational scholarship provider to the children of California workers who have been fatally or seriously injured on the job, announces that it has awarded […]
Could Widow of Driver Packed into Hotel During Pandemic Sue for Negligence?
Could Widow of Driver Packed into Hotel During Pandemic Sue for Negligence?

What Do You Think? Santa Maria, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Employees, or their survivors, may be able to sue a company for negligence, and thus bypass the workers’ compensation exclusivity rule, if they can show the […]
Calif. Top Court Finds No Conflict Between Prop. 22, State Constitution
Calif. Top Court Finds No Conflict Between Prop. 22, State Constitution

Sacramento, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Back in 2020, California voters enacted Proposition 22, which went on to become Business and Professions Code Section 7451. That law turned back a previous legislative act in the Golden State […]
What Must be in a California Petition for Reconsideration?
What Must be in a California Petition for Reconsideration?

Compliance Corner Sacramento, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Under California law, anyone aggrieved directly or indirectly by any final order, decision, or award made and filed by the appeals board or a workers' compensation judge may petition […]
Home Care Agency Cited after Nurse death as Assaults on Health Care Workers Continue
Home Care Agency Cited after Nurse death as Assaults on Health Care Workers Continue

Willimantic, CT (WorkersCompensation.com) – On Wednesday, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited a home care agency in Connecticut in the death of a licensed practical nurse as attacks on health care workers […]
What Do You Think: Was Head-on Collision after Leaving Fire Camp in Course of Employment?
What Do You Think: Was Head-on Collision after Leaving Fire Camp in Course of Employment?

Brownsville, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Whether a commercial traveler carrying out a personal errand is on the clock for workers’ compensation purposes depends on the circumstances. One case highlights a variety of ingredients that informed a […]
Climate & Comp: Calif. Moves to Protect Workers from Indoor Heat
Climate & Comp: Calif. Moves to Protect Workers from Indoor Heat

Sacramento, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – For five years, workers have been waiting for California officials to address heat protection for indoor workers during extreme heat, and now officials seem poised to act. The California Division of […]
Do You Know the Rule? Calif. Chiropractor QME Eligibility
Do You Know the Rule? Calif. Chiropractor QME Eligibility

Sacramento, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When are chiropractors eligible to serve as qualified medical evaluators under California workers' compensation law. As explained on Simply Research, the rules are as follows: Certification All chiropractors shall be certified […]