InjuryBoard Ventura Archives

• What the Tort Reform Folks Don’t Tell You…

  James Cool | January 30, 2009 1:57 AM | 2 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Rush Limbaugh will not mention it on his radio program and Bill O’Reilly will deny its truth, but the latest data shows that the cost of insurance to employers is declining and so are the...

• California Workers Face a Furlough

  James Cool | January 30, 2009 1:30 AM | 1 Comments
  Category: Workplace Discrimination

  The Silicon Valley Mercury News reports that a Sacramento judge has given California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger the go-ahead to furlough hundreds of thousands of California government...

• Insurance Commissioner Rolls Back Regulations that were Enacted to Protect Disabled Workers as Democrats and Disability Lawyers Voice Fears

  James Cool | January 23, 2009 4:23 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Disability insurance policies are sometimes provided as part of an employment package, but individual disability insurance policies are also sold to people who do not have group disability...

• Governor Receives Criticism for Failures in California’s Workers Compensation System

  James Cool | January 17, 2009 8:46 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Discrimination

  Visit Governor Schwarzenegger’s website and you’ll see news of plans to disseminate 18 million dollars in job training grants that are meant to help get the unemployed back to work....

• Investigations Prompted by Failure to Comply with Stop Order, Obtain Workers Compensation Insurance

  James Cool | January 17, 2009 8:45 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Sections 3550-3553 of the California Labor code require that employers have workers compensation insurance, which pays benefits to s matter. Last week, California Labor Commissioner Angela...

• California Labor Commission Goes After Employers for Failing to Provide Workers' Compensation Insurance

  James Cool | January 13, 2009 11:51 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  The California Department of Industrial Relations reports that the California Labor Commission has spearheaded an investigation into two bay-area construction companies for failing to obey a stop...

• Risk of Strangulation Prompts California Company to Recall Blinds

  James Cool | January 13, 2009 11:01 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission reports that California-based retailer Cost Plus World Market has recalled more than 692,000 of its roman shades and roll-up blinds in response...

• New Year, New Laws....Does Your Company Need a New Policy?

  James Cool | January 04, 2009 8:50 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  A new law prohibiting texting is in effect in California as of the new year. Texting on cell phones or PDA devices while driving will now result in steep fines and penalties. However, the new law...

• Herbal Supplements May Not Be All the Label Claims...

  James Cool | January 04, 2009 8:47 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  It is that time of year where many of us turn to herbal supplements, either to care for lingering colds or to care for lingering pounds after the holidays. But just before the year ended, the FDA...