Workers at State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) are now on even footing with other state employees and will face the prospect of earning less this year due to furloughs. Not long ago a successful court challenge won an exemption for SCIF’s workers from the furloughs ordered by then Gov. Schwarzenegger, but the protection of that …
The California Supreme Court is set to hear arguments over whether the Governor has the authority to furlough workers at the State Compensation Insurance Fund, but in the eyes First District Court of Appeal the issue is clear — he doesn’t. In an unpublished decision handed down on Friday, the Appeals Court rejected three different …
The case that dealt the Schwarzenegger administration its first defeat over its furlough policy, at least as it pertained to attorneys and other hearing officers working at the State Compensation Insurance Fund, is going to be reviewed by the state’s highest court. The California Supreme Court agreed to take on the case to determine a …
The First District Court of Appeal this morning granted a temporary stay in one of three linked cases that could remove agencies such as the Division of Workers’ Compensation from under the governor’s furlough order. The temporary stay means that the agency will be observing another furlough Friday this week and maybe many more to …
Employees at State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) should be $23 million richer pretty quickly. That’s how much a San Francisco judge says they are owed for being illegally forced to take 16 furlough days this year. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ordered the furlough, and State Fund management, led by soon-to-depart president Janet Frank, fought it tooth …
San Francisco Judge Charlotte Woolard this morning ordered that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s furlough order be lifted immediately for all employees at the State Compensation Insurance Fund. The judge also held that no mandatory stay will be applied if, as expected, the administration appeals the decision. “Plaintiffs have shown that they will suffer irreparable harm if …
A San Francisco judge has tentatively ruled that the State Compensation Insurance Fund’s 6,260 employees are exempt from the governor’s furlough. The judge’s decision also means that the administration must provide back pay, plus interest for the affected employees. A hearing on the matter is scheduled for today. The ruling is great news for SCIF …
Wielding the power authorized by the State Compensation Insurance Fund board of directors, SCIF president Jan Frank has filed a cross-complaint in a lawsuit that seeks to lift Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s furlough order from the backs of all workers at the quasi-public agency. The complaint pits Frank and the State Fund’s board squarely against the …