CALIFORNIA WORKERS COMPENSATION SYSTEM SUED FOR BIAS AGAINST WOMEN

A lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court alleges that California’s workers’ comp system discriminates against women. The suit, filed on behalf of several women and the Service Employees International Union argues cases in which women’s disability benefits were cut because medically trained evaluators, who are overwhelmingly male, blamed their health conditions, which were…

CALIFORNIA REFORMS FOR WORKERS’ COMPENSATION INSURANCE

California’s workers’ comp reforms have made some good improvement, but it still has the most expensive system in the nation. In 2013, the state implemented reforms and medical trends stabilized indicating that many components of the reform are working. However, relative to other states, California has the highest incidences of partial and permanent disability claims. Furthermore, it…