Workers compensation claims for COVID-19 in California fell nearly 99% in the past six months from the state’s high of 43,109 coronavirus claims in December, said the California Workers Compensation Institute in a bulletin released Thursday. Monthly counts of COVID-19…
Hot weather significantly increases the risk of workplace accidents and injuries, according to a study released Friday by the University of California-Los Angeles. Using data from California’s workers compensation system from 2001 to 2018 and state weather data, researchers from…
Lawsuits filed in California seek potential class-action damages from Dow Chemical and its successor company over a widely used bug killer linked to brain damage in children. Chlorpyrifos is approved for use on more than 80 crops, including oranges, berries,…
California lawmakers have passed a bill that removes “age” and “genetic characteristics” from the list of protected factors that may not be considered in an injured worker’s apportionment of permanent disability. S.B. 788, which unanimously passed the California Assembly on…