May 13 2025 | MedLegalNews.com – Oakland, CA — The Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation (CHSWC), part of the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR), has launched its annual Safe Jobs for Youth Month campaign. Every May, the state highlights the importance of protecting young workers and preventing workplace injuries among teens. […]
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May 12, 2025 | MedLegalNews.com — Knee Injury Claim: A California appellate court has upheld the denial of a workers’ compensation claim filed by a health care worker who alleged a job-related knee injury. The court agreed with the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) that substantial evidence did not support the claim. The case involved
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May 12, 2025 | MedLegalNews.com — Injury Report Retaliation: The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has filed a whistleblower retaliation complaint against the United States Postal Service (USPS), alleging it illegally fired a worker for reporting a job-related injury. According to the DOL, the postal worker suffered a workplace injury and promptly reported it to
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May 9, 2025 | MedLegalNews.com – CaliforniaA California appellate court has sent a case back to the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) to determine the correct date of injury for a cumulative trauma (CT) claim filed by a retired Major League Baseball player. The player, who remains unnamed in court documents, played professionally from 1972
May 8, 2025 | MedLegalNews.com – Four Indicted in Florida: A federal grand jury in Orlando has indicted four Honduran nationals for operating a sprawling cash-based payroll scheme designed to evade payroll taxes and defraud workers’ compensation insurers, while facilitating the illegal employment of undocumented construction workers. 7-Year Scheme Involved $89 Million in Cashed Checks
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Sacramento – May 7, 2025 | MedLegalNews.com – Committee Moves MLFS Update and Cost-of-Living Bills to Suspense File: A key legislative committee has placed several high-profile workers’ compensation and labor-related bills, including a Medical-Legal Fee Schedule (MLFS) reform measure and proposals addressing cost-of-living adjustments (COLA), into the suspense file, effectively halting their progress—for now. What
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May 7, 2025 | San Jose – MedLegalNews.com – The California Labor Commissioner Office (LCO) has recovered $40,460 in penalties from a San Jose care facility operator after a decade-long employee was unlawfully fired for reporting unsafe working conditions and labor violations. Reporting Violations Led to Retaliation Jessica Delgado, a longtime employee at a mental
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May 5, 2025 | MedLegalNews.comAs more states legalize recreational marijuana, a new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) offers fresh insights into how these laws are shaping workers’ compensation claims across the U.S. Complex Effects on Claim Frequency and Cost According to WCRI President and CEO Ramona Tanabe, marijuana use is steadily increasing.
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Oakland, CA – Cal/OSHA has clarified its lead exposure prevention rules for the construction industry, specifically focusing on employers’ responsibilities for protecting workers performing dry abrasive blasting. These updates align with amended lead standards that went into effect on January 1, 2025, under Title 8, Section 1532.1 of the California Code of Regulations. Key Rule:
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California Court Limits Tort Claims Against Parent Companies in Borrowed Servant Cases Court Rules: A California appellate Court Rules that a corporate parent company is not civilly liable for workplace injuries sustained by a worker borrowed by its subsidiary. This decision reinforces the exclusive remedy protections under the state’s workers’ compensation system. Background of the
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