State Fund Accepting Applications for $50M Return-to-Work Safety Fund

State Compensation Insurance Fund on Tuesday started accepting applications for the $50 million fund it created to help policyholders implement new safety measures to combat the spread of COVID-19 as California’s stay-at-home orders are lifted. The Returning California to Work COVID-19 Safety Protocol Fund was designed specifically for businesses that were not deemed essential under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s COVID-19 executive orders. It provides grants to qualified policyholders to help defray the costs of safety expenses related to protecting workers from exposure to the new coro...