Comp Bills Sent to Suspense File

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The California Assembly Appropriations Committee put a hold on a pair of bills intended to protect workers who are illegally underpaid or who are employed by illegally uninsured businesses while lawmakers review the fiscal implications of the proposals.AB 638 by Luis Alejo, D-Salinas, would allow expedited hearings to determine whether an injury arose out of and in the course of employment when the injured worker has not hired an attorney and the employer is illegally uninsured. AB 454 by Roger Dickinson, D-Sacramento, would say a worker injured on a prevailing wage ...