WCIRB Committee to Talk Potential Costs and Impacts of Newsom's COVID-19 Order

The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California is expected to discuss the potential financial implications of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s executive order creating a COVID-19 presumption for all state workers who catch the virus. WCIRB’s Actuarial Committee will evaluate Newsom’s much-anticipated order during an online webinar beginning at 9:30 a.m. May 19. Newsom’s order puts in place a rebuttable presumption that all employees who contract COVID-19 at their place of work while at the direction of an employer are eligible for workers’ compensa...