Workers’ Compensation
Ca. Workers' Comp. Quarterly 2018, Vol. 31, No. 3
Content
- Handling of Death Claims—Early Identification of Potential Issues and Key Questions to Ask
- New Rules of Professional Conduct for California Lawyers
- The Case for Leaving Loose Ends—An Introduction to Strategy for Deposing Doctors
- The Fire Rises...
- View from the Incoming Chair
- Vocational Experts after January 1, 2013: a Case Law Update Including Fitzpatrick
- Workers' Compensation Section 2017-2018 Executive Committee Roster
- Passing the Buck: the Deficiencies of Labor Code Section 3602(d)
Passing the Buck: The Deficiencies of Labor Code Section 3602(d)
MARTIN FASSLER, ALJ, RET.
Oakland, California
In California all private sector employers are required to secure workers’ compensation insurance or to obtain approval from the Department of Industrial Relations to be self-insured. However, Labor Code section 3602(d), enacted in 1995, provides that if a business employs a worker assigned to it by another business, those two businesses may agree on which of them is to provide workers’ compensation insurance for the worker, thereby excusing one of them from having to secure coverage. Specifically, Labor Code section 3602(d) provides:
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