RTGR To Present at 2021 California Public Sector Labor & Employment Law Updates Online Webinar
- February 15th, 2021
- Lauren Zalona
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By popular demand, CalGovHR’s California Public Sector Labor & Employment Law Updates are among the most comprehensive legal updates for HR professionals. Featuring respected employment and workers’ compensation attorneys, Thomas A. Richard and Christopher K. Boucher, our annual legal updates…
Strategizing Complex Cases: “Non-Submission” Medicare Set-Aside Proposal Settlements
- January 21st, 2021
- Lauren Zalona
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Workers’ compensation cases can become a lot more complex once the parties determine an MSA (Medicare set aside) proposal and CMS (Center for Medicare/Medicaid Services) approval may be needed. Submission of an MSA proposal to CMS is not always the…
Lessons from a Recent RTGR “Take Nothing” Lien Trial Win
- January 16th, 2021
- Lauren Zalona
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RTGR went to trial against a notorious South-bay medical lien claimant and secured a “take nothing” award. The lien was based on dates of service for a denied shoulder claim, filed just prior to the C&R which included the denied…
RTGR Secures Dismissal using Good Faith Personnel Action Defense
- January 13th, 2021
- Lauren Zalona
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RTGR obtained a case DISMISSAL WITHOUT PAYMENT for a large technology company. A software engineer filed a repetitive stress claim for physical and psychiatric injury after a supervisor questioned her work performance. In addition to psych, the body parts claimed…
Employers’ AB 685 Compliance Guide
- November 17th, 2020
- Lauren Zalona
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With the passage of California Senate Bill 1159 and Assembly Bill 685, employers will now play a central role in the fight against the spread of COVID-19. They are saddled with new responsibilities which have in the past, been borne…
Employers’ SB 1159 Compliance Guide
- September 30th, 2020
- Tom Richard
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This article is designed to help employers and business owners understand the employer reporting obligations of SB 1159, the COVID-19 workers’ compensation presumption law. What happened? Basically, the State of California has outsourced to employers much of the public health…
COVID-19 Presumption Law In Effect Immediately
- July 29th, 2020
- Tom Richard
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SB 1159, the COVID-19 workers’ compensation presumption bill, was signed into law by the Governor on September 17, 2020, and is effective immediately. Employers and claims departments must now comply with the reporting requirements established under Labor Code § 3212.88,…
COVID-19 Presumption Expired: Now What?
- July 7th, 2020
- Tom Richard
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Sunday, July 5, 2020 was the last day of the COVID-19 presumption of workers’ compensation injury created by Executive Order N-62-20. The Order has not yet been extended. There is pending legislation on COVID-19, including SB1159, which would codify the…
Subrogation in the News
- July 3rd, 2020
- Tom Richard
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Workers’ Compensation subrogation was in the news recently when RTGR Law’s head of Subrogation and Employment Law, Tom Richard, was quoted by KTVU news regarding a subrogation claim for $142,000 filed in federal court. About Subrogation: Under California law, an…
Police Workers’ Comp Entitlements Reviewed
- June 25th, 2020
- Tom Richard
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Significant public attention is focused on the rights afforded only to police officers under state laws across the country. For example, some laws prohibit the media or the public from inspecting or reviewing police officer disciplinary records. Others, such as…