CWCI Webinar to Cover COVID Presumption, Reporting Requirement

Executives from the California Workers’ Compensation Institute will discuss Senate Bill 1159 and the situations in which the bill would presume COVID-19 is a compensable injury, during a webinar Wednesday. The one-hour presentation will also cover requirements for employers to report known cases of COVID-19 under Assembly Bill 685. Both AB 685 and SB 1159 are awaiting the governor’s signature. In addition to codifying the presumption Gov. Gavin Newsom created by executive order in May, SB 1159, by Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, would create a presumption that COVID-19 is compensab...