Workers’ Compensation
Ca. Workers' Comp. Quarterly 2021, Vol. 34, No. 3
Content
- A Tale of One Applicant's Claim Against Unfair Debt Collection Practices
- Cumulative Index
- In This Issue
- Is It a Good Mediated Settlement If Everyone Goes Away Unhappy? No!
- PTP Medical-Legal Reports: Pay Now, or Pay a Lot More Later
- To Elect or Not to Elect—That Is the Question!
- View from the Incoming Chair
- Workers' Compensation Section 2022-2023 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ROSTER
- Vetoed: Apportionment Reform Efforts Fail Once Again
Vetoed: Apportionment Reform Efforts Fail Once Again
MARK WEBB, ESQ.
EAGLE, IDAHO
At first glance, Governor Gavin Newsom’s 2021 veto of Senate Bill 788 (Bradford) would appear to be just another episode in the long-running challenge to the law of apportionment based on what has been given the shorthand label of "impermissible factors." The history of this issue is complex.1 Most recently, the legislative debate has been framed as a response to City of Jackson v. Workers’ Comp. Appeals Bd. (2017) 11 Cal.App.5th 109 and City of Petaluma v. Workers’ Comp. Appeals Bd. (2018) 29 Cal. App.5th 1175. In the case of Senate Bill 899 (Pan), in 2018, and SB 788, employers and worker advocates actually agreed on the content of the bill; despite their efforts, the Governor vetoed these bills as well.
At the inception of this debate, in 2008, the proffered amendment to Labor Code section 4663 stated: