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June 11, 2024| Press Release
June 11, 2024 ... Read More → New Employer Survey on California Workers’ Comp Highlights Poor Performance, Increasing Costs, and Changing Claim Mix
April 23, 2024| Press Release
Enacted during crisis, SB 899 a major milestone amid decade of efforts to stabilize system SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Workers’... Read More → WCAN Marks 20-Year Anniversary of Major Workers’ Comp Reform
April 2, 2021| California
One of California’s perpetual political conflicts may be heating up again, which requires some background to understand because it is so... Read More → Worker’s comp conflict heating up again
September 17, 2020| Press Release
The Workers’ Compensation Action Network issued the following statement on the passage of Senate Bill 1159 (Hill) enacting a rebuttable... Read More → Statement on Passage of SB 1159 Enacting a Presumption of Work Causation for COVID-19
August 12, 2020| California
Our lives have changed. Amid a pandemic, good health is inextricably linked to workers safely getting back to work, customers safely... Read More → California’s employers need equitable work standards
July 20, 2020| California
In 1997 my wife and I took what little savings we had and the support of my father and formed a recycled clothing business. This year was... Read More → Another Voice: The Legislature cannot put economic burdens on small businesses and use Covid as an excuse
June 26, 2020| California
By Sarah Downey | Jun 26, 2020 Proposed legislation to extend and expand workers’ compensation medical assumptions could further... Read More → Business community calls for pause on expanding workers’ comp laws: ‘Give our job creators a chance to get back on track’
June 23, 2020| California
California’s 1.4 million family-owned businesses are in the fight of their lives. Some have been shuttered since March, still... Read More → OTHER VOICES: Business friend or foe? Lawmakers have a choice for recovery
June 18, 2020| California
As California moves into a wider reopening, many counties are witnessing an increase in new cases COVID-19. Public health officials are... Read More → Guest commentary: COVID-19 from personal gatherings shouldn’t be covered by workers’ comp
California is reopening. Technically, the state remains in “Stage 2,” which has opened manufacturing plants, offices, curbside retail... Read More → Opinion: California business can’t be COVID-19 reopening safety net
June 17, 2020| California
By Raoul Lowery Contreras When I started my first business, I got a crash course in California’s workers compensation laws. My... Read More → Opinion: Changes to California Workers Compensation Add to Small Businesses’ Burden
June 2, 2020| California
With one stroke of the executive pen, Gov. Gavin Newsom set aside a basic rule controlling worker’s compensation law for more than a... Read More → Workers’ compensation presumption burdens COVID-19 recovery
May 30, 2020| California
California is projecting the largest budget deficit in state history. This is due partially to increased expenses incurred during... Read More → Newsom’s executive order on workers’ comp for COVID does more harm than good
May 20, 2020| California
During this time of unprecedented disruption, it is easy for some to take advantage of the chaos and push their own agenda. Our elected... Read More → COVID-19: Resist expanding worker’s comp benefits
May 15, 2020| Workers' Comp
It should be obvious that the state of California cannot long endure without businesses reopening and employing people, but Gov. Gavin... Read More → Rules stifling businesses must be reconsidered
May 14, 2020| Workers' Comp
The workers’ compensation system was designed with accidents in mind.... Read More → Napa ag employers worry about financial impact of expanded workers’ compensation benefits
May 13, 2020| Workers' Comp
How can the workers’ compensation system operate during a pandemic?... Read More → The Workplace And COVID-19: Workers’ Compensation To The Rescue?
May 11, 2020| California
The cloistered community of political lobbyists who specialize in the massive, but otherwise obscure, system of compensating workers for... Read More → Newsom shakes up disability politics
May 6, 2020| California
The California Chamber of Commerce issued the following statement following Governor Gavin Newsom’s briefing today:... Read More → CalChamber Issues Statement on Governor’s Workers’ Compensation Announcement
Newsom announced a four-phase plan last week to gradually transition back to normal.... Read More → California makes it easier to receive workers’ comp for coronavirus claims
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