by John P. Kamin (October 6, 2020)
While Senate Bill 1159 hogged all the headlines, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several other pieces of legislation that impact how employers must react to COVID-19 in the workplace. These bills include Assembly Bill 1867, which…
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by John P. Kamin (September 28, 2020)
The question of how to classify gig economy workers could reach critical mass this Election Day, as voters mull how to vote on Proposition 22, the “Protect App-Based Drivers and Services Act. Before the pandemic,…
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by John P. Kamin (September 22, 2020)
Since Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 1159 into law on Sept. 17, many questions have abounded about how the new law’s rebuttable COVID-19 presumptions apply to administrators and employers. The new law, which takes…
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by John P. Kamin (September 2, 2020)
Lawmakers tweaked and made last-minute changes before sending proposed legislation to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk that would create a pair of rebuttable presumptions that COVID-19 is industrial for different classes of workers. Members of the…
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by Donald R. Barthel (August 31, 2020)
You’ve been there: the injured employee has temporary work restrictions that the employer cannot accommodate. What are your options? One great choice is to assign the employee to a temporary job with a third party,…
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by Donald R. Barthel (August 18, 2020)
Every adjuster has been there. You’re sitting at your claims desk (or, in the era of Corona, on your couch wearing your bunny slippers) when you receive a subpoena for your file. Must you respond?…
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(August 17, 2020)
by Theodore M. Wachtel – Play ball! Professional sports is back! Even though we are still very much in the COVID-19 pandemic, almost all of the professional sports leagues, both in the United States and around…
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by Michael D. Peabody (August 4, 2020)
The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board recently issued an en banc decision in June 2020 clarifying that prior and subsequent injuries should be “added” and not “combined” to determine whether the Subsequent Injuries Benefit Trust Fund…
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by Tim Mussack (July 31, 2020)
With more and more applicants pleading internal issues, it’s important for defendants to understand how to properly rate impairment under the AMA Guides. That starts with understanding AMA Guides Chapters 3 and 4, which address…
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by Fariba M. Jafary (July 28, 2020)
The Law Offices of Bradford and Barthel announced that partners Fariba Jafary and Rosa Sanchez-Ervin have been promoted to two positions that will encourage and support diversity in the workers’ compensation community. Ms. Jafary will…
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