{"id":"AGY-ST-COURTS-001","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"California Workers\u0027 Compensation Appeals Board (State workers\u0027 compensation tribunal; statewide)","state":"CA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-COURTS","eco":"","issuer":"Workers\u0027 Compensation Appeals Board of the State of California (en banc)","authority":"Cal. Lab. Code § 115; Cal. Code Regs. tit. 8, § 10370 (suspension of rules in an emergency); Cal. Const. art. XIV, § 4","instrument":"In re: COVID-19 State of Emergency, En Banc, Misc. No. 260","title":"En banc decision temporarily suspending WCAB Rules of Practice and Procedure statewide and recognizing the closure of DWC district offices for filing","dateIssued":"2020-03-18","effective":"2020-03-18","end":"Suspension of the report-deadline rules rescinded as of Sept. 1, 2020 (Misc. No. 263, Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-004); the remaining suspensions \u0027remain in effect until further notice\u0027 (rescission date not verified)","startDate":"2020-03-18","endDate":"2020-09-01","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT","EMER"],"addressees":["all WCAB district offices","workers\u0027 compensation judges and arbitrators","parties, lien claimants and their representatives","insurers and self-insured employers"],"clause":"In light of this state of emergency and pursuant to its authority per WCAB Rule 10370, the Appeals Board is temporarily suspending specific WCAB Rules of Practice and Procedure contained in Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations.... This suspension is applicable to all district offices in the State... On March 16, 2020, the Division of Workers\u0027 Compensation (DWC) issued Newsline Release No. 2020-18 providing in pertinent part that the DWC\u0027s district offices are currently closed for filing from March 17 through April 3.... In accordance with this, all filing deadlines are extended to the next day when the district offices reopen for filing.","enforcement":"En banc decisions \u0027are binding precedent on all Appeals Board panels and WCJs\u0027 (Cal. Code Regs. tit. 8, § 10325); adopted as a precedent decision under Gov. Code § 11425.60(b)","functions":["CT courts and agencies (workers\u0027 compensation adjudication suspended and converted to remote filing and hearing)","SV claims servicing and settlement (compromise-and-release witness signatures suspended; settlements delayed)","OF office and administration of insurers, employers and law firms","WF workforce (injured-worker benefit disputes delayed)"],"notes":"Reaches every California employer and insurer with a pending workers\u0027 compensation dispute, and the law firms, medical-legal evaluators and lien claimants that serve them; the DWC district offices were closed for filing Mar. 17-Apr. 13, 2020 (see Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-006 recital).","sourceUrl":"https://www.dir.ca.gov/wcab/EnBancdecisions2020/COVID-19.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":211980,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-COURTS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-COURTS-001","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-COURTS-001","citation":"Workers\u0027 Compensation Appeals Board of the State of California (en banc), In re: COVID-19 State of Emergency, En Banc, Misc. No. 260 (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-001)","stateName":"California","related":["AGY-ST-COURTS-004","AGY-ST-COURTS-006","AGY-ST-COURTS-002","AGY-ST-COURTS-003"]}