Committees Pass Bills to Expand COVID Presumption, Narrow Liability Investigation Window

California legislative committees passed bills that would reduce the time employers have to accept liability on some workers’ compensation claims and extend for another two years COVID-19 presumptions. Friday was the deadline for fiscal committees in both chambers of the Legislature to pass bills. While a couple of measures proposing studies into cost-shifting schemes in the staffing industry and modifying work comp requirements were held in committee and died, most comp bills remain in play after committee hearings last week. The Assembly Appropriations Committee on Thursday passed SB...