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Commonwealth Court Affirms Denial of Reinstatement and Penalty Petitions in COVID-19 Workers’ Compensation Case

Marshall Dennehey on 4/14/2025

William Bolds v. City of Philadelphia (WCAB); No. 488 C.D. 2024; filed February 25, 2025; Senior Judge Leavitt - A former police officer’s attempt to reinstate workers’ compensation benefits following a COVID-19 diagnosis was...more

Crisis Averted: California Employers Are Not Liable for “Take-Home” COVID Cases.

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 7/12/2023

Last week, the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that employers are not liable to nonemployees who contract COVID-19 from employee household members that bring the virus home from their workplace, because “[a]n...more

California COVID-19 Employment Regulations Extended Through 2023

Perkins Coie on 11/23/2022

In 2022, California again passed assembly bills related to COVID-19. The recent legislation extended some employer obligations while easing others. Touching upon many topics, these bills address supplemental paid sick leave,...more

Expiration Dates – Evaluating Your Current COVID Policies

Dentons on 10/21/2022

Many things have an expiration date - cheese, meat, medicine, certain fashion choices, but some things linger well past their “use by” date – like three-week-old takeout in the very back corner of your refrigerator. During...more

Reducing workers’ compensation and OSHA liability during COVID-19 and beyond

Bricker Graydon LLP on 10/5/2021

As the world navigates work-from-home opportunities in the post-COVID era, health care companies are considering their options too. This article provides a practical look into workers’ compensation and OSHA considerations so...more

BWC Proposes New Rule Excluding COVID-19 Claims From An Employer’s Experience Rating

Roetzel & Andress on 5/28/2021

The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) is proposing a new rule which will exclude COVID-19 claims from an employer’s experience rating. In proposing the new rule, the BWC noted that pandemics are generally...more

WV Commissioner Addresses Coverage of COVID-19-related Workers’ Comp Claims

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC on 3/18/2021

Several states have passed laws addressing the compensability of COVID-19-related workers’ compensation claims. West Virginia hasn’t enacted any specific legislation about whether contracting the coronavirus should qualify as...more

California Extends Premium Relief Obligations

McDermott Will & Schulte on 12/14/2020

On December 3, 2020, Commissioner Ricardo Lara of the California Department of Insurance (“Department”) indefinitely extended the requirement that admitted property and casualty and workers’ compensation insurers provide...more

California Passes Two New Important Workplace COVID-19 Laws: Workers' Compensation Presumption and OSHA-Related Reporting

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 10/2/2020

On September 17, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed two laws creating new or expanded obligations concerning COVID-19—Senate Bill (SB) 1159 and Assembly Bill (AB) 685. These new laws will require employers to...more

Mother of All Presumptions 2.0: Expanding Workers Compensation Benefits to Employees That Test Positive for COVID-19

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/24/2020

Effective immediately, Senate Bill (SB) 1159 is a new California law that establishes presumptions about workers’ compensation benefits for employees who contract COVID-19. This article explains in a series of questions and...more

Workers’ Compensation and Employer Liability in the Era of COVID-19

BakerHostetler on 9/11/2020

With companies continuing to reopen for in-person operations amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, many employers are left wondering if they could face increased liability related to employees contracting COVID-19 in the...more

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