Workers’ Compensation
Ca. Workers' Comp. Quarterly Vol. 35, No. 2, 2022
Content
- 2022 Workers' Compensation Special Recognition Awards
- In This Issue
- Litigating Third Party Credits at the WCAB
- Note from the Editors
- PEOs: How to Prosecute and Defend Cases Involving Employee Leasing Agreements
- Practice Long and Prosper: A Manifesto for the Workers' Comp Community
- See's Candies v. Superior Court of California: Defining the Limits of the Exclusive Remedy Doctrine in Workers' Compensation
- When Does a Court of Appeal Have Jurisdiction over a WCAB Decision?
- Workers' Compensation Section 2022-2023 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ROSTER
- The Manuel Case: Is Immigration Status Relevant to Liability in Civil Proceedings, Including Workers' Compensation?
The Manuel Case: Is Immigration Status Relevant to Liability in Civil Proceedings, Including Workers’ Compensation?
WILLIAM A. HERRERAS, ESQ.
ARROYO GRANDE, CALIFORNIA
Does California public policy, implemented by statute, preclude inquiry regarding a workers’ immigration status, thus prohibiting employers and others from intimidating workers in pursuing their protected labor rights, including workers’ compensation benefits?
This question is now pending before the Sixth District Court of Appeal, Santa Clara, in the case Manuel v. Superior Court, Civil No. H048665. Several workers’ interests groups have filed amicus briefs in support of this public policy, which statutorily prohibits inquiry regarding a person’s immigration status in civil proceedings.