With AB 685, Employers Will Navigate Web of COVID Regulations as Pandemic Spills Into 2021

As the calendar turns to a new year, California employers will have to abide by at least three sets of intersecting COVID-19 regulations if they want to stay on top of evolving workers’ compensation laws in 2021, defense attorneys said. Three months after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a COVID-19 presumption bill into law, employers continue to wrangle with emergency regulations passed by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health. On top of that, a law requiring new reporting rules goes into effect Jan. 1. Altogether, the collection of rules may force employers to become lega...