California employees' industrial disability leave "falls within the ambit of the two-year limitation on aggregate temporary disability benefits," according to a Friday ruling from the 5th District Court of Appeal.The appellate court affirmed the decision of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board to deny the applicant's petition for reconsideration in Brooks v. WCAB, No. F053350, 4/18/08. The published decision limits state employees to a maximum of two years of temporary disability benefits, and states that industrial disability leave (IDL) is the "functional equivalent of tempora...
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