DIR Proposes Extending Deadline to Apply for $120M Fund

The Department of Industrial Relations will hold a hearing Oct. 31 on the California Applicants' Attorneys Association proposal to extend the deadline for workers to apply for payments from the $120 million Return-to-Work Supplement Program created by SB 863. The 2012 reform bill created the program to pay supplemental benefits to workers who suffer a disproportionate loss of earnings as a result of injuries occurring on or after Jan. 1, 2013. Rules the DWC adopted in April 2015 when it started accepting applications required injured workers to apply within one year of receiving the ...