Charge of WCAB Secrecy Swirls Around 132(a) Case

An attorney representing a Southern California automobile dealership in a discriminatory-action case charges that the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board acts in secrecy and is to blame for a late filing for reconsideration. Attorney Rob Bekken told WorkCompCentral that one reason he filed a writ of review with the California 2nd District Court of Appeal is that the WCAB panel in San Francisco doesn't list its address where petitions for reconsideration of board decisions can be served. The WCAB in a letter dated July 18 denied Bekken's client's reconsideration of a board decision in a ...