DWC Offers Update on Agency Activities During First Day of Educational Conference

OAKLAND, Calif. — California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation nearly canceled its annual Educational Conference in Oakland this week after reports that coronavirus had begun to spread within the state, DWC Administrative Director George Parisotto said. “I think the question people are asking themselves is, ‘Why are we here?’” Parisotto said. “Whether or not we were going to have this conference was really a topic of discussion.” But Parisotto and scores of other workers’ compensation stakeholders were on hand as the conferenc...