Hearing Scheduled for Conclusive COVID-19 Presumption Bill

A policy committee in the California Senate will hear testimony this week on a bill that would create a conclusive presumption that COVID-19 is compensable for certain essential workers. The Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement will also hear testimony on a recently amended bill that would create a rebuttable presumption that COVID-19 is compensable. The meeting starts at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Assembly Bill 196 has sat idle since May 5 when Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez amended the measure to propose a conclusive presumption that COVID-19 is compensable for specif...