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California Approves Emergency COVID-19 Regulations

On December 1, 2020, the six-member board overseeing California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (“Cal-OSHA”) approved emergency COVID-19 safety regulations governing most employers and places of employment in California, with three exceptions:  (1) places of employment with one employee who does not have contact with other persons;…

Governor Newsom Signs SB 1159 Extending Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Employees Who Contract COVID-19

In response to COVID-19, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-62-20 on May 6, 2020.  That order created a “rebuttable presumption” that certain employees who suffer a COVID-19 related illness or injury would be presumed to have contracted the virus in the course and scope of employment for purposes…