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      • A SURPRISE IN THE COLA DECISION?
        11/30/09
        There's been a lot of speculation as to how the law of COLAS will develop.

        I'm not talking potential taxes on sugary drinks as part of a national healthcare reform bill.

        I'm talking about the cost of living increases under California Labor Code 4659(c). That COLA

      • ASSESSING ASSESSMENTS
        11/29/09
        With big budget shortfalls, there's a trend toward targeted funding for state programs.

        California employers pay for the system via "user funding" assessments.
        User funding in the comp system came under consideration during Jerry Brown's governorship in the early

      • A NEW NEW DEAL IN CALI?
        11/27/09
        My Bourbon Red (last post) will have to wait until another year.

        If you've been out scurrying around for Black Friday deals, perhaps you're ready to take a respite and contemplate California's challenges......

        Would you be willing to pay higher taxes to keep fund

      • CRAVING A BOURBON RED
        11/26/09
        Someday I'm gonna try a Bourbon Red.

        In case you're wondering, it's not a stash of Humboldt County weed (like Bill Clinton, that's never been my thing). And no, the New Riders of the Purple Sage never sang the praises of Bourbon Red.

        While I'm at it, I&

      • SINKING
        11/23/09
        Many a California injured worker finds him or herself depending on unemployment at some point after the injury. Frequently this occurs when a worker is laid off after an injury. The worker may be unable to prove that the layoff was discriminatory (under Labor Code 132a or FEHA), and draws unemployme

      • SCUFFLING INSIDE A.I.G.
        11/23/09
        New York Magazine has a fascinating article ("Show Me the Money" by Gabriel Sherman) on the tug-of-war at A.I.G. over executive pay caps:

        You can find it here:
        http://nymag.com/news/business/62259/

        Stay tuned.

        Julius Young
        www.boxerlaw.com

      • REVERSING FIELD
        11/22/09
        Political junkies love ads that highlight the machinations of politicians who reverse field.

        You know, the " I was against it before I was for it before I decided to oppose it" variety.

        Sometimes the politician has truly seen the light in a thoughtful way. But somet

      • HARRY'S BABY
        11/20/09
        This will be Harry's baby.

        Harry Reid, former boxer, denizen of the tiny town of Searchlight, Nevada.
        Now the Senate majority leader, it falls on Reid to corral the votes to get a healthcare package to the Senate floor.

        With a vote scheduled tomorrow (Saturday) evenin

      • THE GAO REPORT
        11/19/09
        Could it be that work injuries are under-reported rather than overreported?

        It seems so.

        Writing in The California Progress Report, Los Angeles attorney Adam Dombchik notes that tens of thousands of California work injuries go unreported:
        http://www.californiaprogressr

      • THANKSGIVING
        11/17/09
        Workerscompzone received an early Thanksgiving present in the last few days.

        LexisNexis and Larson's National Workers' Compensation Advisory Board has named Workerscompzone as the nation's top workers' comp blog in 2009:
        http://law.lexisnexis.com/practiceareas<

      • HAVE A NICE APOCALYPSE
        11/15/09
        "Have a nice apocalypse".

        Huh?

        Perhaps an appropriate greeting from a friend who knew you are headed to see the new it film "2012"? Or someone in your book club who just finished Cormac McCarthy's "The Road", or a Euro cinema buff who pulled

      • UN-ACCOMMODATING
        11/12/09
        Workers' comp and employment law sometimes intersect in fascinating ways. Those of us representing workers need to keep in mind the panoply of remedies available to workers.

        A good example is the recent case of A.M. v. Albertsons, a case that arose out of a sad incident at the Alber

      • WHAC- A -MOLE
        11/09/09
        I love arcade games.

        Show me a skeeball machine and I'm a happy camper. It's worth the drive to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk just for that.

        Pac Man? Say no more. A good pinball machine is heaven. Table shuffleboard? Spent many hours playing at a local Oakland watering hol

      • ON TO THE SENATE
        11/07/09
        Today is a historic day. The House of Representatives has voted tonight to move forward with a healthcare reform package.

        The bill, which comes in at over 1500 pages, will not be the final version. Indeed, a number of House yes votes were cast specifically to advance the bill in hopes tha

      • FLASH: CHSWC RELEASES LABOR/EMPLOYER NEGOTIATION DOCUMENTS
        11/05/09
        CHSWC has now released documents detailing negotiations between certain employers (including Sean McNally of Grimmway Farms, a CHSWC member) and some labor advocates, including Angie Wei of the California Labor Federation, a CHSWC member).

        These documents have been promised since a recent

      • SIGNED
        11/04/09
        Governor Schwarzenegger has now signed SB 313, a bill which increases penalties for failure to provide workers' comp coverage.

        Sponsored by State Senator Mark DeSaulnier, SB 313 will allow penalties of double the monies that would have been paid as premiums by the employer.

      • TODAY'S ELECTION RESULTS
        11/03/09
        We're in a blue state, aren't we?

        What's the fuss over Republican resurgence in Virginia and New Jersey?

        Today's election results won't have any direct impact on the workers and various "stakeholders" we call the workers' comp community.

      • NO ORDINARY RALPH KRAMDEN
        11/01/09
        When the baby boomers among us think of bus drivers, we often think of Ralph Kramden.

        Kramden was the bus driver portrayed by Jackie Gleason on The Honeymooners. Big hearted but blustering, Kramden was the epitome of
        the 1950s working class, living in a small apartment, hobnobbing w

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