FAILURES THAT NEED TO BE CORRECTED

by | Jul 29, 2024 | Legal, Newsletter

The past president of the California Attorneys Association Attorney Gil Stein issued an article that was published in the Santa Cruz Sentinel on July 18, 2024 that speaks to the failure of the workers’ compensation system regarding medical care and compensation for...

TEMPLATE USED BY SOME EMPLOYERS

by | Jul 23, 2024 | Newsletter

The City of Fresno and the Fresno Police Officer Association’s agreement for the Workers’ Compensation Alternate Dispute Prevention and Resolution Program needs to be reviewed in detail. (This agreement is used as a potential template of a contract with some...

IMPACTS ON MEDICAL CARE, EMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY

by | Jun 26, 2024 | Legal

The workers’ compensation case can influence several major factors of employment: Medical care; and Compensation while off-work (Labor Code §4850, TTD); and Ability to return back to full duty; and Ability to retire if necessary. The California Constitution sets forth...

NURSE CASE MANAGERS HAVE THE POWER OF DOCTORS

by | Jun 26, 2024 | Newsletter

The California Constitution specifically mandates in Article 14 Section 4 that the Constitution creates and enforces a complete system of workers’ compensation. The legislative enactment states all provisions of securing safety in the place of employment full...

BROADEN THE PERSPECTIVE

by | Mar 6, 2024 | Newsletter

The California’s Workers’ Compensation Institute was established in 1964. This entity also known as CWCI, provides data regarding the cost and results of medical problems and treatments of same in the workers’ compensation arena. The regular members of CWCI are...

THE NEWEST THREAT BY COVID-19

by | Mar 6, 2024 | Newsletter

The New York Times has published an article written by Knvul Sheikh. This was published on 12/27/2023 and reflects that the COVID-19 variants are now becoming more abundant with another common strain called JN.1. This variant was found in September of 2023, and by...

KEEP YOUR ARMORED VEST, KEEP YOUR BACK-UP WEAPON

by | Mar 6, 2024 | Newsletter

The Workers’ Compensation and Retirement systems overlap in many areas, and with this overlap there can be a direct impact on the workers’ compensation case and resolution of the workers’ compensation case and/or retirement case. The concept of a back-up weapon and...