Items Tagged with 'workers' comp'

Bills on notifying farmworkers of COVID-19 outbreaks, expanding workers' comp benefits for infections and extending family leave time were signed Thursday.

CDFA’s rapid fire response * USDA sitting on cash, but is that enough?

The Legislature may send a measure to the governor this week that would make it easier for employees to file for workers’ compensation to cover COVID-19 infections.

Incentives bills for ag are cut * Free N95s for smoke * AG takes on egg farm * H-2A approvals up * Organic calls for climate aid

Thursday was a day many lawmakers fret each year, as appropriations committees for both houses of the Legislature decided which bills to advance and which to cut.

Workers’ comp bills pass * How to fund a Delta plan * Rising seas threaten fresh water

Policy committees have passed three bills this week related to workers' compensation for essential workers during the pandemic.

The state’s largest farm groups Thursday responded to Newsom’s directive on workers’ compensation benefits for COVID.

Employees who test positive for COVID-19 can now receive workers’ compensation benefits without having to prove the infection took place on the job.