DIR Rejects Claims of Rampant Gender Discrimination

Department of Industrial Relations Director Christine Baker rejected claims that gender discrimination is rampant in California’s workers’ compensation system and said a lawsuit alleging widespread bias against women could be part of an effort to undo successful reforms. Baker said a group of lawyers who filed the class action complaint Wednesday requesting a court order directing the department to take steps to eliminate and prevent discrimination against injured women first requested those changes in an April 20 letter to her agency. Baker said the DIR takes allegations...