Category Archives: Rebuttable Presumption

PROPOSED CALIFORNIA BILL WOULD CREATE NEW WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PRESUMPTION FOR ‘HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES’

In January, State Senator Dave Cortese (D-Santa Clara County) and State Assembly member Ash Kalra (D-San Jose) introduced Senate Bill 213 (SB-213) in the California State Legislature. If passed into law, the bill would rewrite the state’s Labor Code to create a new “rebuttable presumption” that certain injuries, illnesses, and ailments that develop or manifest […]