Industry Insights
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Young: More on the Uber Litigation | 09/15/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I’ve been covering the ongoing Uber litigation in California because there has been intense interest in how the judicial system is going to deal with the issue of whether gig workers are independent contractors or employees. ...Read More | |||
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Young: Been Here Before | 09/01/2016 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Assembly Bill 2086 is headed to Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk. But we’ve been here before. Last year it was AB 1542. ...Read More | |||
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Young: Making Tweaks | 08/25/2016 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| In football it’s often relatively easy to gain big yardage in midfield plays. But as you get closer to the goal line, resistance often stiffens. ...Read More | |||
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Young: A Better Report Card | 08/12/2016 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| According to a recently released U.S. Department of Labor report, Cal/OSHA is making progress in satisfying federal standards in a number of areas. ...Read More | |||
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Young: More on the Uber Class Action | 08/05/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| One of the more interesting issues on the horizon that has implications for workers’ comp is the question of whether “gig economy” workers will have rights as employees. In various posts I’ve been commenting on the Lyft and Uber class actions, since those seem to be t...Read More | |||
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Young: Proving 100% | 07/28/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Is a vocational expert necessary to prove that a worker is 100% disabled, or can medical expert evidence establish a total permanent disability? ...Read More | |||
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Young: California Workers' Comp Top-10 List — First Half of 2016 | 07/18/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The year is half done, so it’s time for my annual mid-year look at California workers’ comp. Here, in no particular order, are the events and themes that seemed to stand out in the first half of 2016, with a bit of commentary: ...Read More | |||
| Young: The California Conundrum | 06/29/2016 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Interest in the difference between California workers’ comp as practiced in Northern vs. Southern California continues to build. This was the topic at the 2016 Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau's Annual Workers’ Compensation Conference in San Francisco, fra...Read More | |||
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Young: Getting Serious About Fraud | 06/09/2016 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| Provider fraud cases continue to generate big headlines in California workers’ comp. ...Read More | |||
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Young: Training the Docs | 05/27/2016 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| Recently I had the pleasure of speaking to a large QME training course, sponsored by the California Orthopedic Association. Joined by WCJ Noah Tempkin and defense attorney William Tappin, the focus of my segment of the training panel, held at Orange County’s Ritz-Carlton Resort at Lagu...Read More | |||
