The state Legislature approved a reform bill for California’s $17-billion workers’ compensation insurance system, one that promises to hike benefits for injured workers and cut costs for employers, the L.A. Times is reporting. SB863 will increase benefits for injured workers …
California drivers will be allowed to text when they’re behind the wheel of a car, as long as they’re using a hands-free device, and with some restrictions. Under a bill signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday, beginning …
At a recent joint hearing in Sacramento on workers’ compensation in California with the Assembly and Senate, statistic after statistic flew out of the mouths of speaker after speaker during the nearly four-hour session. It was titled, “Informational Hearing, Injured …
The California Workers’ Compensation Institute on Wednesday released a review and compilation of 20 bills signed by Gov. Jerry Brown in 2001. The bills include: • AB 55, Gatto: Extension of the right of entertainment production companies to use payroll …
A pair of California pro-business groups focused on workers’ compensation on Tuesday hailed Gov. Jerry Brown’s record on handling legislation sent to him this year in a combined report that offers their take on the year-in-review as well as their …
