Workers’ compensation presumption burdens COVID-19 recovery

With one stroke of the executive pen, Gov. Gavin Newsom set aside a basic rule controlling worker’s compensation law for more than a century in which the injury or illness must be connected to the workplace.
The consequences of the governor’s COVID-19 “presumption” for workers is far-reaching and will potentially add billions in new costs to California’s already cost-laden system, especially as employers struggle to bring jobs and public services back online.
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