Workers Compensation: Legislation Update from CAAA

  Over 2,500 bills were introduced in the legislature before this year’s deadline. As usual, there are a number of bills related to workers’ compensation. And, as usual, CAAA has jumped into the fray with our own ideas for fixing the system. We mentioned last week that we wouldn’t take Governor Jerry Brown’s veto as…

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MPNs and Workers’ Compensation

The Fiasco Starts Here: MPNs and Workers’ Compensation in Calif. MAY 8, 2015 ~ CAAAVOICEONCOMP The Fiasco Starts Here: MPNs and Workers’ Compensation in Calif., By: Alan Gurvey, Esq., CAAA Board Member Article originally published on WorkCompCentral, May 7, 2015, and is republished here with permission. Recently I was interviewing a candidate for a vacant attorney position at our firm. I…

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Workers Compensation Reform 2012 Part IV: Vocational Rehabilitation

Workers Compensation Reform 2012 Part IV: Vocational Rehabilitation. Prior to 2005, California injured workers had an excellent program of workers compensation vocational rehabilitation benefits. It included a budget for schooling, equipment, payments while you went to school, and adequate compensation for a competent counselor. In the workers compensation reform of 2004 in Senate Bill 899,…

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