Industry Insights
Grinberg: AB 1751: A Symptom of a Sick California | 02/08/2022 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
If you’re following the COVID news beyond the borders of California, you’re likely seeing a long list of countries (and states) that seem to be rolling back restrictions. The U.K. has already dropped almost all of its COVID-19 restrictions, as has Ireland, as has Denmar...Read More | |||
Torrey: Rand Report on Comp and COVID Is Highly Recommended | 02/07/2022 | ||
By: David B. Torrey | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
The Rand Corp. last month published an educational white paper on COVID and workers' compensation that is educational in the extreme for the workers' compensatio...Read More | |||
Grinberg: About Those Non-Submit MSAs | 02/04/2022 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Here’s a hypothetical: You’re ready to settle your case by way of compromise and release, and you’ve ever reached an agreeable figure. The applicant is saying, “Give me the money, and I never want to see you again.” The defendant is saying, “Take...Read More | |||
Donovan: Cal/OSHA Guidance on Return-to-Work Testing | 02/03/2022 | ||
By: Amy Donovan | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Question: I have an employee who tested positive for COVID-19. She has been home from work for five days and would like to take another COVID-19 test to return to work. If the employee uses an over-the-counter COVID-19 test, do I have to watch the employee administer the tes...Read More | |||
Grinberg: HR 4728 and the 32-Hour Workweek | 02/02/2022 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Boy, do businesses have something to look forward to in their Herculean efforts to keep the lights on. ...Read More | |||
Rocca: One Small Voice | 02/01/2022 | ||
By: Sandy Rocca | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
No one in the California Applicants' Attorneys Association is so self-unaware that we think our voice is bigger than it is. But having a small voice doesn’t mean we don’t have important things to say. And it doesn’t mean that no one is listening. ...Read More | |||
Grinberg: Emergency QME Regulations in Effect; Med-Legal QME Exams to Continue | 01/31/2022 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Back in March, the Department of Industrial Relations issued new rules in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing the time limits of qualified medical examiners to produce reports and schedule exams, and also providing guidance on how to conduct (or object to) QME e...Read More | |||
Kamin: CDC Says COVID-19 Unlikely to Spread by Touching Surfaces | 01/28/2022 | ||
By: John P. Kamin | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
During a recent doctor deposition, a well-renowned internist and pulmonologist told me he was skeptical about whether COVID-19 could be transmitted by touching a surface that was previously touched by a sick person. ...Read More | |||
Grinberg: What Ever Happened to Prop. 22? Oh, Yeah. | 01/27/2022 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Everyone has their favorite saga. For some, it’s "Lord of the Rings." For others, it’s "Star Wars," and for a shrinking few out there, it’s even "Game of Thrones." But for workers’ comp nerds like me, there’s always r...Read More | |||
Paduda: (Most) Private Insurers Aren't Controlling Costs | 01/26/2022 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
The prices private insurers have paid to hospitals and physicians have increased much faster than prices paid by Medicare and Medicaid. And it’s not because providers are cost-shifting. ...Read More | |||