Howard Snodgrass, Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board of the State of California and City of Baldwin Park, Respondents. Section 132a expresses the broad policy that employees who have sustained compensable industrial injuries not be discriminated against. An employee may proceed under this section to obtain increased compensation or reinstatement and reimbursement of lost wages by filing an appropriate petition. Third, applicant's pursuing the civil action without simultaneously pursuing a claim before the Board was reasonable and in good faith. n3 At the time applicant filed his civil action the case of Meyer v. Byron Jackson, Inc. (1981) 46 Cal.

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