WCAB Commissioner Gaffney Absent From Most 2020 En Banc Decisions

Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board Commissioner Juan Pedro Gaffney participated in just one of the 10 en banc decisions issued in 2020, and the California Department of Industrial Relations says it won’t provide information about why he is not available or when he will return. Gaffney participated in the en banc decision the WCAB handed down in January announcing its plans to invalidate a Division of Workers’ Compensation rule relating to disputes over the Supplemental Job Displacement Benefit voucher. He did not participate in the subsequent decision handed down ...