Digest: Existing workers compensation law generally requires employers to secure the payment of workers compensation, including medical treatment, for injuries incurred by their employees that arise out of, and in the course of, employment. This bill would ... »More
Digest: Existing workers compensation law generally requires employers to secure the payment of workers compensation, including medical treatment, for injuries incurred by their employees that arise out of, and in the course of, employment. This bill would provide that for purposes of determining whether to grant or deny a workers compensation claim, if an employee is injured or killed by a 3rd party in the course of the employees employment, no personal relationship or personal connection shall be deemed to exist between the employee and the 3rd party based only on a determination that the 3rd party injured or killed the employee solely because of the 3rd partys personal beliefs relating to his or her perception of the employeesrace, religious creed, color, national origin, age, gender, disability, sex, or sexual orientation. »Less
Digest: Existing workers compensation law generally requires employers to secure the payment of workers compensation, including medical treatment, for injuries incurred by their employees that arise out of, and in the course of, employment. This bill would ... »More
Digest: Existing workers compensation law generally requires employers to secure the payment of workers compensation, including medical treatment, for injuries incurred by their employees that arise out of, and in the course of, employment. This bill would provide that for purposes of determining whether to grant or deny a workers compensation claim, if an employee is injured or killed by a 3rd party in the course of the employees employment, no personal relationship or personal connection shall be deemed to exist between the employee and the 3rd party based only on a determination that the 3rd party injured or killed the employee solely because of the 3rd partys personal beliefs relating to his or her perception of the employeesrace, religious creed, color, national origin, age, gender, disability, sex, or sexual orientation. »Less
Digest: Existing workers compensation law generally requires employers to secure the payment of workers compensation, including medical treatment, for injuries incurred by their employees that arise out of, and in the course of, employment. This bill would ... »More
Digest: Existing workers compensation law generally requires employers to secure the payment of workers compensation, including medical treatment, for injuries incurred by their employees that arise out of, and in the course of, employment. This bill would provide that for purposes of determining whether to grant or deny a workers compensation claim, if an employee is injured or killed by a 3rd party in the course of the employees employment, no personal relationship or personal connection shall be deemed to exist between the employee and the 3rd party based only on a determination that the 3rd party injured or killed the employee solely because of the 3rd partys personal beliefs relating to his or her perception of the employeesrace, religious creed, color, national origin, age, gender, disability, sex, or sexual orientation. »Less
Digest: Existing workers compensation law generally requires employers to secure the payment of workers compensation, including medical treatment, for injuries incurred by their employees that arise out of, and in the course of, employment. This bill would ... »More
Digest: Existing workers compensation law generally requires employers to secure the payment of workers compensation, including medical treatment, for injuries incurred by their employees that arise out of, and in the course of, employment. This bill would provide that for purposes of determining whether to grant or deny a workers compensation claim, if an employee is injured or killed by a 3rd party in the course of the employees employment, no personal relationship or personal connection shall be deemed to exist between the employee and the 3rd party based only on a determination that the 3rd party injured or killed the employee solely because of the 3rd partys personal beliefs relating to his or her perception of the employees race, religious creed, color, national origin, age, gender, disability, sex, or sexual orientation . »Less
Location: Senate Committee SenateCommittee
June 26, 2009
From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 25).
Digest: Existing workers compensation law generally requires employers to secure the payment of workers compensation, including medical treatment, for injuries incurred by their employees that arise out of, and in the course of, employment. This bill would ... »More
Digest: Existing workers compensation law generally requires employers to secure the payment of workers compensation, including medical treatment, for injuries incurred by their employees that arise out of, and in the course of, employment. This bill would provide that for purposes of determining whether to grant or deny a workers compensation claim, if an employee is injured or killed by a 3rd party in the course of the employees employment, no personal relationship or personal connection shall be deemed to exist between the employee and the 3rd party based only on a determination that the 3rd party injured or killed the employee solely because of the 3rd partys personal beliefs relating to his or her perception of the employees sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, marital status, or sexual orientation. »Less
Digest: Existing workers compensation law generally requires employers to secure the payment of workers compensation, including medical treatment, for injuries incurred by their employees that arise out of, and in the course of, employment. This bill would ... »More
Digest: Existing workers compensation law generally requires employers to secure the payment of workers compensation, including medical treatment, for injuries incurred by their employees that arise out of, and in the course of, employment. This bill would provide that for purposes of determining whether to grant or deny a workers compensation claim, if an employee is injured or killed by a 3rd party in the course of the employees employment, no personal relationship or personal connection shall be deemed to exist between the employee and the 3rd party based only on a determination that the 3rd party injured or killed the employee solely because of the 3rd partys personal beliefs relating to his or her perception of the employees sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, marital status, or sexual orientation. »Less
Digest: Existing workers compensation law generally requires employers to secure the payment of workers compensation, including medical treatment, for injuries incurred by their employees that arise out of, and in the course of, employment. Existing law, ... »More
Digest: Existing workers compensation law generally requires employers to secure the payment of workers compensation, including medical treatment, for injuries incurred by their employees that arise out of, and in the course of, employment. Existing law, the Unruh Civil Rights Act, grants specified rights regardless of specified characteristics of an individual. This bill would provide that no workers compensation claim shall be denied if theemployees injury or death resulted from a violent act perpetrated against the employee because of a characteristic of that employee that is listed in the Unruh Civil Rights Act. »Less
Digest: Existing workers compensation law generally requires employers to secure the payment of workers compensation, including medical treatment, for injuries incurred by their employees that arise out of, and in the course of, employment. This bill would ... »More
Digest: Existing workers compensation law generally requires employers to secure the payment of workers compensation, including medical treatment, for injuries incurred by their employees that arise out of, and in the course of, employment. This bill would provide that no workers compensation claim shall be denied solely because the motivation behind what caused the employees injury or death was related to an immutable personal characteristic of that employee. »Less