The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (statewide) · California
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Cal. Lab. Code §§ 115, 133, 5310; Cal. Code Regs. tit. 8, §§ 10370, 10789; Cal. Const. art. XIV, § 4
- Issued
- 2020-12-15 Dec. 15, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-12-15
- End
- Until further notice (not verified) (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Dec. 15, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- all WCAB district offices
- presiding workers' compensation judges
- parties
- Functions reached
- CT courts and agencies (settlement walk-throughs restricted)
- SV claims servicing and settlement
- OF office and administration
- Collection
- State courts AGY-ST-COURTS
Operative words
The Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) temporarily closed the district offices for filing as of March 17, 2020... The district offices reopened for filing effective April 13, 2020, but limited filings to e-filing... The DWC has continued to conduct hearings via teleconference or video, but does not currently permit filing of walk-through documents. On December 3, 2020, the California Department of Public Health (DPH) issued a Regional Stay At Home Order... we will order suspension of WCAB Rule 10789(c) regarding the required timeframes for assignment of walk-through cases.... This suspension is applicable to all district offices in the State.
Enforcement
Binding en banc precedent (Cal. Code Regs. tit. 8, § 10325)
Notes
The tribunal's own recital establishes: district offices closed for filing Mar. 17-Apr. 13, 2020; hearings by teleconference or video through Dec. 2020; walk-through filings not permitted.