dir director christine baker provides update on progress of sb 863 eighteen months after operative date |
A report from the California Workers' Compensation & Risk Conference, Sept. 10-12, 2014, Dana Point, CA
By David Bryan Leonard, Esq.
Without pause, Christine Baker, Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations, took the stage immediately following national basketball player James Worthy's inspirational discussion of the elements of the team work and emphasis of the need for each team player to adhere to the team's leader's philosophy irrespective of an individual's thoughts or impressions. Stepping up to the microphone while the rumble of applause for Mr. Worthy's presentation echoed away, Ms. Baker proclaimed that she is a team player. She began by referring to her new boss David Lanier, Secretary of the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency, whom she described as tough, frugal and thoughtful. She noted that DIR, just like every other governmental department, has experienced freezes, furloughs and crises. Despite the funding difficulties, over the past several years, DIR has...read more. |
wcab jurisdiction: oral contract was made in california when professional athlete resided in california |
Professional athlete's contract of hire deemed made in California, this despite actual contract signed out-of-state and out-of-state contingencies performed
In Royster v. NFL Europe, 2014 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS - (Appeals Board noteworthy panel decision), the WCAB affirmed the WCJ's finding that the applicant, a professional football player employed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 4/15/92 to 2/95 and by NFL Europe from 2/97 to 6/11/97, sustained a cumulative industrial injury to multiple body parts during his employment, and that the WCAB had jurisdiction over the applicant's claim against NFL Europe because the applicant's contract for hire with that team was made in California. The WCAB determined that whether a contract was made in California depends upon whether the acceptance of employment took place in California, that the oral contract is made in California if the accepting party resides in California, and that the contract of hire will be deemed to...read more. |