The California Senate passed a bill that would require the Division of Workers’ Compensation to study differences in benefits provided to injured workers based on gender.
The Senate on Wednesday voted 31-8 to pass SB 631, by Sen. Dave Cortese, D-Campbell.
The bill would direct the DWC to partner with the University of California, Berkeley, to prepare a comparative analysis examining differences in workers’ compensation benefits provided to employees of different genders.
The analysis would have to include a comparison of genders in different industries and an assessment of t...
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