Industry Insights
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Grinberg: COVID 'Breathalyzer' Test Could Be Answer to Workplace Legal Issue | 04/19/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Let’s talk COVID and technology. More specifically, the Food and Drug Administration has approved a "breathalyzer" test for COVID-19, which reportedly produces results in three minutes with a 91% accuracy rate. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: More Genius Ideas From Sacramento | 04/14/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| If writing blog posts about horrible proposed legislation were a full-time job, I would demand overtime pay after doing it for 32 hours per week. Does that sound like gibberish? Well, it should. ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: Review of 'Workers' Compensation Emerging Issues Analysis' | 04/12/2022 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| For those readers who are interested in learning about current issues in workers’ compensation, I highly recommend the 2021 LexisNexis book entitled, “Workers Compensation Emerging Issues Analysis.” ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: COA Provides Guidance on Mailbox Rule | 04/06/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| As you may recall from my earlier blog post, the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board recently ruled that the five-day mailbox rule, at least for workers’ compensation matters, applies to all manner of service except...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: WCAB Comments on Email Service and Copy Liens | 03/30/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Here we are again, still slugging our way through our beloved swamp of California’s workers’ compensation system, and I'm here to curate the culture clash between old and new, the past and the future, the traditional and the modern that plays out. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: WCAB Rejects Psych Kite Again | 03/25/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| This post is good news: Another successful decision reached, thanks to the efforts of the attorneys at State Compensation Insurance Fund. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Update on Kuciemba and Civil Liability for COVID-19 | 03/22/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board is back to in-person hearings and trials. I have reports from the first few practitioners who have had in-person trials again. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: In-Person Trials and Hearings Resume at WCAB | 03/15/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The news making its way around the workers’ compensation community is that the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board has restarted in-person trials. ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: FCE Supports County's Decision to Terminate Employee After Workers' Comp Injury | 03/14/2022 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Functional capacity examinations (FCEs) can be very useful in determining the ability of a worker to perform essential job functions by removing the guesswork and instead providing accurate data on an employee’s physical abilities. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Email Service of QME Reports Regs | 03/11/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Today I bring you an update regarding medical-legal evaluations. Proposed changes to Rule 36.7 would make electronic service of medical-legal reports permanent (rather than allowing for this as an emergency regulation). ...Read More | |||
