Industry Insights
Supplemental Job Displacement, Return to Work Issues | 08/15/2004 | ||
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A number of people have indicated that they heard the new Supplemental Job Displacement Benefit (voucher) regulations have been finalized by the DWC and will become effective on August 1, 2004. This is not true! The industry is desperate for guidance on how to administer vouchers but the DW...Read More | |||
Supplemental Job Displacement Benefit; Who Will Use It? | 07/18/2004 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
In my last article on this site, I discussed process and procedural requirements for the Supplemental Job Displacement Benefit (SJDB) voucher along with some of the inherent obstacles impacting an employer/insurer's ability to efficiently provide this benefit to injured workers. Hopefully the DWC's...Read More | |||
SB 899 - A Detailed Review, Part 6: Clean-Up Legislation | 07/03/2004 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
This is the sixth and final article in a series of articles extracted and edited from a new booklet attorney Michael Sullivan has prepared on the substantial changes to California workers' compensation laws instituted by SB 899. The earlier art...Read More | |||
SB 899 - A Detailed Review, Part 5: Medical Treatment | 06/19/2004 | ||
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This is the fifth in a series of articles extracted and edited from a new booklet attorney Michael Sullivan has prepared on the substantial changes to California workers' compensation laws instituted by SB 899. The earlier articles are available f...Read More | |||
SB 899 - A Detailed Review, Part 4: PD, Apportionment | 06/06/2004 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
This is the fourth in a series of articles extracted and edited from a new booklet attorney Michael Sullivan has prepared on the substantial changes to California workers' compensation laws instituted by SB 899. The earlier articles are available ...Read More | |||
SB 899 - A Detailed Review, Part 3: Treatment, Fees | 05/22/2004 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
This is the third in a series of articles extracted and edited from a new booklet attorney Michael Sullivan has prepared on the substantial changes to California workers' compensation laws instituted by SB 899. The earlier articles are available f...Read More | |||
SB899 - Nothing New Here - Medical Treatment | 05/22/2004 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
The following article has been adapted from an article written by national workers' compensation expert and employer consultant, James J. Moore. Though originally written from an employer perspective, the editors felt that the article provided particular insight relevant to physicians practicing ind...Read More | |||
SB 899 - A Detailed Review, Part 2: TD, Penalties, More | 05/08/2004 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
This is the second in a series of articles extracted and edited from a new booklet attorney Michael Sullivan has prepared on the substantial changes to California workers' compensation laws instituted by SB 899. The first article dealt with various imple...Read More | |||
SB 899 and Return to Work | 05/08/2004 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
SB 899 and Return to Workby Alan Leno RTW Incentives: Early in 2003, the Legislature created monetary incentives for employers to retain injured employees in temporary light duty, modified jobs, alternative positions. L.C. section 139.48 allowed for re...Read More | |||
San Joaquin Case Resolves Recurrent PDA Problems | 04/25/2004 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
The Court of Appeal in a published decision has reversed a WCAB decision that denied credit for Permanent Disability (PD) advances in a Compromise and Release (C&R) that were claimed as a credit by defendant where the credit was larger that the amount listed on the C & R but the agreement contained ...Read More | |||