by Robert in Monterey [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

[courtesy of California Progress Report]

Court agrees with AARP and civil rights groups
Calls for legislation to fix law made

By Frank D. Russo

Yesterday's decision by three judges of the California Court of Appeals that the so-called "reform" of workers' compensation laws--the law that Schwarzenegger demanded and the legislature enacted in 2004--cannot be used when it leads to discrimination based on gender or race is just the latest example of how badly that law was written. The legislature bought a pig in a poke when they were stampeded into adopting at a 3 a.m. committee hearing followed by floor votes of a complicated 75 page bill which almost none of them had read--or really considered.

Workers have been paying for this ever since.

Read this case and you'll understand why the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) and various civil rights groups joined in with the injured workers' attorney to challenge the use of this badly written law that discriminates against women and elderly workers by reducing the compensation they would otherwise receive for a disability caused by a work injury simply because of their age, gender or other "risk factors."

by Brian Leubitz [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

by atdleft [courtesy of Calitics: Soapblox California - Front Page]