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Workers' Compensation
AMENDMENTS TO THE CALIFORNIA RULES OF COURT
Effective Date April 6, 2020
Adopted by the Judicial Council on April 6, 2020, effective April 6, 2020, amended to read:
Emergency rule 11. Depositions through remote electronic means
(a) Deponents appearing remotely
Notwithstanding any other law, including Code of Civil Procedure section 41 2025.310(a) and (b), and rule 3.1010(c) and (d), a party or nonparty deponent, at their election or the election of the deposing party, is not required to be present with the deposition officer at the time of the deposition. Appendix I
WCAB District Offices plus Satellites
Names, addresses and phone numbers
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Basic Facts for Injured Workers
Mileage Rate for Medical Decreases Effective January 1, 2020
The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is announcing the decrease of the mileage rate for medical and medical-legal travel expenses by one half of a cent to 57.5 cents per mile effective January 1, 2020.
This rate must be paid for travel on or after January 1, 2020 regardless of the date of injury. Labor Code Section 4600, in conjunction with Government Code Section 19820 and the Department of Personnel Administration regulations, establishes the rate payable for mileage reimbursement for medical and medical-legal expenses and ties it to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
IRS bulletin Number IR-2019-215, dated December 31, 2019, announced the rate decrease. The updated mileage reimbursement form is posted on DWC’s website.
WCAB’s Final Rules in Effect as of January 1 , 2020
The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) has adopted its final rules of practice and procedure. The rules were filed with the Secretary of State on December 17, published on December 31 and went into effect on January 1.
The purpose of this rulemaking is to organize articles to reflect the order of events in a case, eliminate duplicative rules, break up complex rules, simplify the language for clarity and create some room between rules, so that additional rules can be added in the future without decimals. In general, the substance of the vast majority of rules has not been altered in this reorganization. Some substantive changes were made to reflect current practices.
The newly adopted rules and their related Final Statement of Reasons, are posted on WCAB’s website.