When can the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board use equitable tolling to act on a petition beyond the statutory deadline?

Do your clients know about the February 1st deadline for posting workplace injury data? Who is covered, and what information ...

What are the employment tests that apply to the relationship between an owner-operator and a trucking company? This recent court of appeals decision delves into the issue and the information it needs ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing to increase staffing at the Department of Industrial Relations and the Division of Workers' Compensation. Where are the additional resources going, and what will the ...

How much do taxpayers actually pay to cover the workers' comp costs of public agencies that self-insure? What does the latest experience data tell us about claims costs in the system?

The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board says a carrier erred in how long it reduced a claimant's weekly benefits to pay attorney fees.

How is one legislator proposing to reform California’s troubled Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund pro-gram. What is included in the bill and how does it fail to address one of the program’s ...

How with the millions that California employers give each year to fight workers' comp fraud be divvied up next year between local District Attorneys and the California Department of Insurance? What ...

Dale is the father of Compline, the publisher of Workers’ Comp Executive, Cal-OSHA Reporter and our other publications and sites. He is an award-winning investigative journalist although there are ...

Why did an appeals court send a case back to the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board? What was the failure WCAB admitted?Read More... This content is for premium subscribers. To read please login or ...

The Fifth District examined an emotional distress claim in the context of workers’ compensation and civil tort litigation. Click here for the full text of its opinion finding that workers’ comp ...

How much restitution should a convicted fraudster have to pay to the victims of a kickback ring? Who will make the final decision?Read More... This content is for premium subscribers. To read please ...