Workers' Compensation News
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Newspaper Boys - Independent Contractors?
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07/21/2002
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State: CA | Segment: | 482 | 0
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The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports a curious anomaly in an exception to child labor laws, and the problems that occur where a child newspaper delivery person is hurt on the job typically they are not covered by workers compensation.In Children Injured on Paper Routes Often Go Uninsured (F...Read More
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Using the Multiple Disabilities Table
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07/21/2002
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State: CA | Segment: | 1403 | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The is the final installment of the apportionment series based on the article by Mark Kahn.USING THE MULTIPLE DISABILITIES TABLE
When there is one injury causing disability to multiple body parts, duplication must be
taken into account before applying the MDT. The MDT is used becau...Read More
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When You Can Legally Fire Employees
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07/06/2002
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State: CA | Segment: | 444 | 0
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In California it is illegal to discriminate against any employee who makes a claim of work injury, or who claims to be a witness to a work injury. Termination can be discrimination. The penalties are heavy, up to $10,000 per incident PLUS job reinstatement and other sanctions. See generally ...Read More
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IMC Guidelines and Reimbursement
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07/06/2002
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State: CA | Segment: | 834 | 0
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Starting in 1997, the California Industrial Medical Council began developing and publishing guidelines for the treatment of common work injuries, and evaluation protocols for the writing medical-legal reports. These guidelines can be found at the IMC web site, ...Read More
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Combining Succesive Industrial Injuries
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07/06/2002
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State: CA | Segment: | 301 | 0
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Under the cases of Wilkinson v. WCAB, 42 CCC 406 and Bauer v. County of Los Angeles,
34 CCC 594, when two industrial injuries to the same part of body become permanent and
stationary on the same date, no L.C. ...Read More
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RU-94 Job Offers and the FEHA
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06/23/2002
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State: CA | Segment: | 299 | 0
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The Labor Code allows insurers to identify and offer a modified or alternative position (whichever is more convenient) to a QIW injured employee on a ...Read More
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The Body Parts Market - Permanent Disability
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06/23/2002
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State: CA | Segment: | 416 | 0
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Permanent disability indemnity is intended to compensate a worker for the loss of ability to compete in the open labor market. Essentially, it is putting a value on body parts. Most permanent disability indemnity schemes attempt to make adjustments to the value of a body part dependent on the age of...Read More
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Transportation to Cure or Relieve - LC 4600
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06/23/2002
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State: CA | Segment: | 447 | 0
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An injured workers wrote in recently, apparently anxious about getting to the hospital for scheduled surgery related to his industrial injury. How was he going to get to and from the hospital since he had to move 4 hours away due to financial circumstances?
California ...Read More
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