9th Circuit Rules on Federal Immunity

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal ruled that a lower district court was correct in dismissing a lawsuit filed by current and former San Francisco police officers accusing the U.S. Navy and a federal contractor of negligence and fraud. The officers claim they were injured by on-the-job exposure to hazardous substances, including radioactive materials, on … Read More »

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Back To The Future With New NLRB Joint-Employer Rules

The National Labor Relations Board adopted a new final rule that experts say could end up ensnaring more employers in a joint-employment situation. The new final rule is slated to take effect December 26th but is facing opposition in Congress and legal challenges being pursued in federal court. The rule was adopted by a three-to-one … Read More »

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Federal Judge Rules Grubhub Driver An Employee

A federal district court judge says that AB 5’s business-to-business exemption does not apply to a delivery driver’s relationship with one of the app-based delivery services. The same court also found that the driver, Raef Lawson, was an employee of Grubhub, not an independent contractor because the company could not meet Part B of the … Read More »

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Feds Oppose Workers’ Comp Marijuana Reimbursement

The federal Solicitor General argues there is no need for the United States Supreme Court to take up a Minnesota case dealing with workers’ comp reimbursements for marijuana. He argues that the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA) prohibits marijuana possession and “preempts a state law requiring a private party to subsidize the purchase of that … Read More »

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Pay Cut Hit Workers’ Comp Community Hard

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday ordered pink slips for over 10,000 state workers and called for the wages of another 200,000 to be slashed to the federal minimum wage limit of $6.55 per hour. Although wage cuts will hit workers at the Division of Workers’ Compensation and its related agencies, including Cal/OSHA as well as the … Read More »

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News Digest 5/8/2008

Denials for Nuke Workers Riddled with Errors, Says Examiner Despite a federal illness compensation program intended to cover former nuclear workers’ medical expenses, some say they are being denied benefits. … Read More »

News Digest 11/30/2007

Fresno Fireball Victim Gets $27 Million A federal jury in Fresno awards more than $27 million to a man who was engulfed by a fireball in an industrial accident and … Read More »