Mileage Reimbursement Rate Increases Jan. 1

The amount California employers will have to reimburse injured workers for travel to medical appointments will increase to 70 cents per mile in 2025 from 67 cents per mile. The California Workers' Compensation Institute said the Internal Revenue Service announced the increase Thursday in the standard mileage rate for business travel. Reimbursement owed to injured workers who have to travel for treatment or evaluation of their injuries is based on the IRS-published mileage rate. Although gasoline prices in California and around the U.S. have declined recently, those decreases either...