What are the proposed workers' comp bills that are still under consideration, and how would they impact the system? Will ...

After a reproval, what is a state bar court ordering an attorney to do to avoid a more severe punishment? What kind of workers' comp fraud ring created the mess?

How did an employer overcome a federal presumption that an employee’s knee troubles were a compensable consequence of work? What are the underlying facts in the case?

A major staffing industry villain is going to jail for years. What's next on the docket for the convicted tax cheat?

What did the Ninth Circuit have to say about the trucking industry's arguments against AB 5? Read More... This content is for premium subscribers. To read please login or subscribe below.

Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Hagen as DIR director in March 2020, just as the pandemic shutdowns were taking hold. Before her appointment at DIR, Hagen was chief deputy director at the California ...

The Department of Industrial Relations has released its assessments for 2025. The charges are added to employer’s workers’ comp policies, and self-insureds are assessed differently. DIR says the total ...

The insurer member majority on the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s Governing Committee voted to ask Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara for a whopping 11.2% overall rate increase ...

The Department of Industrial Relations just announced its annual assessments for 2024. The total assessments are $1.7 billion – an 8.5% increase from the $1.57 billion for 2023. It is effectively a ...

The 2023 minimum and maximum weekly benefit rates for temporary total disability (TD) and permanent total disability (PD) are increasing by 5.159% for 2023. The weekly minimum for will be $242.86 ...

The insurance industry says it needs a rate hike next year, but what do the numbers contradict the Bureau's analysis? The latest data is inside. Read More... This content is for premium subscribers.

San Francisco is taking on another gig economy company for allegedly misclassifying its workers as independent contractors when they are employees. Who is in the crosshairs, and what services do they ...