Title LAB, California Lab. Code

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a dependent of a peace officer, as defined in Section 830.1, 830.2, 830.3, 830.31, 830.32, 830.33, 830.34, 830.35, 830.36, 830.37, 830.38, 830.39, 830.4, 830.5, or 830.6 of the Penal Code, or a Sheriff’s Special Officer of the County of Orange, …

(a) Any employer who disciplines or discharges an employee on the basis of a shopping investigator’s report of the employee’s conduct, performance, or honesty performed by a person licensed pursuant to Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 7500) of Division 3 of the Business and Pr…

For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Administrative director” means the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers’ Compensation. (b) “Combine,” “combined,” or “combination” means the incorporation of two or more values i…

(a) If an employee who is permanently partially disabled receives a subsequent compensable injury resulting in additional permanent partial disability so that the degree of disability caused by the combination of both disabilities is greater than that which would have resulted fr…

(a) (1) SIBTF benefits are not in addition to but shall be reduced to the extent of any monetary payments received by the employee, from any source whatsoever, for or on account of the preexisting disability or impairment. (2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to any of the following:…

In any hearing, investigation, or proceeding, the state shall be represented by the Attorney General, or the attorneys of the Department of Industrial Relations, as appointed by the director. Expenses incident to representation, including costs for investigation, medical examinat…

(a) The appeals board shall fix and award the amounts of SIBTF benefits to be paid under this article, and shall direct the director, as trustee or administrator of SIBTF, to pay the additional compensation awarded. (b) For the purposes of determining eligibility for SIBTF benefi…

(a) This section shall apply to all compensable subsequent injuries for which there has not been a final determination of SIBTF liability as of the date this section is operative. (b) For purposes of determining eligibility for, and the amount of an award of, SIBTF benefits to be…

An application for SIBTF benefits under this article shall be made five years from the date of the subsequent industrial injury described in subdivision (a) of Section 4751 or six months from a resolution of the issue of permanent disability in the subsequent injury claim whether…

(a) SIBTF shall not be liable for the payment of interest on any awards or order for payment of attorney’s fees. (b) SIBTF shall not be liable for any penalties. (c) The director, as administrator and trustee, shall pay the claimant only those benefits as allowed under this artic…

Nothing in this article shall impair the right of the Attorney General or the Department of Industrial Relations to release by compromise any claims brought under the provisions of this article. No such compromise and release agreement is valid unless it is approved by the appeal…

(a) The director may draw from the State Treasury out of the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund for the purposes specified in Section 4751, without at the time presenting vouchers and itemized statements, a sum not to exceed in the aggregate fifty thousand dollars ($50,000),…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the best interest of the State of California to provide a person, regardless of their citizenship or immigration status, with the benefits provided pursuant to this article, and therefore enacts this section pursuant to Section…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the changes made by the act that added this section are procedural and shall apply to all claims for SIBTF benefits, as defined in Section 4750 of the Labor Code, for which there is not a final determination as of the date this section …

(a) This section applies to a claim for SIBTF benefits that meets any of the following criteria: (1) Prior to June 1, 2026, the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board district office set a date for the trial regarding the claim for SIBTF benefits. (2) Prior to June 1, 2026, a pretri…

(a) Whenever any member of the Department of Justice falling within the “state peace officer/firefighter” class is disabled by injury arising out of and in the course of his or her duties, he or she shall become entitled, regardless of his or her period of service with the Depart…

(a) Whenever any sworn member of the Department of the California Highway Patrol is disabled by a single injury, excluding disabilities that are the result of cumulative trauma or cumulative injuries, arising out of and in the course of his or her duties, he or she shall become e…

It shall be the duty of the appeals board to determine in the case of members of the California Highway Patrol, upon request of the Department of the California Highway Patrol or Department of Justice, and, in the case of the harbor policemen, upon the request of the San Francisc…

Any such member of the California Highway Patrol or Department of Justice, or any such harbor policeman, so disabled is entitled from the date of injury and regardless of retirement under the Public Employees’ Retirement System, to the medical, surgical and hospital benefits pres…

Whenever such disability of such member of the California Highway Patrol, or Department of Justice, or of such harbor policeman, continues for a period beyond one year, such member or harbor policeman shall thereafter be subject, as to disability indemnity, to the provisions of t…

No disability indemnity shall be paid to said member of the California Highway Patrol or harbor policeman as temporary disability concurrently with wages or salary payments. (Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1553.)

Whenever any member of a University of California fire department specified in Section 3212.4 falling within the active “firefighting and prevention service” class is disabled by injury arising out of and in the course of his duties, he shall become entitled, regardless of his pe…

It shall be the duty of the appeals board to determine in the case of members of a University of California fire department specified in Section 4804. 1, upon request of the Regents of the University of California, whether or not the disability referred to in Section 4804.1 arose…

Any such member of a University of California fire department specified in Section 4804.1, so disabled is entitled from the date of injury and regardless of retirement under the Public Employees’ Retirement System, or other retirement system, to the medical, surgical, and hospita…

Whenever such disability of such member of a University of California fire department, specified in Section 4804.1, continues for a period beyond one year, such member shall thereafter be subject, as to disability indemnity, to the provisions of this division other than Section 4…

No disability indemnity shall be paid to said member of a University of California fire department, specified in Section 4804.1, as temporary disability concurrently with wages or salary payments. (Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1149.)

Whenever any member of the University of California Police Department falling within the “law enforcement” class is disabled by injury arising out of and in the course of his duties, he shall become entitled, regardless of his period of service with the police department, to leav…

It shall be the duty of the appeals board to determine, in the case of members of the University of California Police Department, upon the request of the Regents of the University of California, whether or not the disability referred to in Section 4806 arose out of and in the cou…

Any such member of the University of California Police Department so disabled is entitled from the date of injury, and regardless of retirement under either the University of California Retirement System or Public Employees’ Retirement System, to the medical, surgical, and hospit…

Whenever such disability of such member of the University of California Police Department continues for a period beyond one year, such member shall thereafter be subject, as to disability indemnity, to the provisions of this division other than Section 4806, which refers to tempo…

No disability indemnity shall be paid to such member of the University of California Police Department as temporary disability concurrently with wages or salary payments. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 918.)

(a) Whenever any member of State Bargaining Unit 8 employed by the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection is disabled by injury arising out of and in the course of their duties, they shall become entitled, regardless of their period of service with the Department of Forestry …

Pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement applicable to members of the California State University Police Department, whenever any member of that police department falling within the “law enforcement” class is disabled by injury or illness arising out of and in the course of …

It shall be the duty of the appeals board to determine, in the case of members of the California State University Police Department, upon the request of the Board of Trustees of the California State University, whether or not the disability referred to in Section 4816 arose out o…

Whenever the disability of a member of the California State University Police Department continues for a period beyond one year, that member shall thereafter be subject, as to disability indemnity, to the provisions of this division other than Section 4816, which refers to tempor…

No disability indemnity shall be paid to a member of the California State University Police Department as temporary disability concurrently with wages or salary payments. (Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 50, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1995.)

(a) Whenever any person listed in subdivision (b), who is employed on a regular, full-time basis, and is disabled, whether temporarily or permanently, by injury or illness arising out of and in the course of the person’s duties, the person shall become entitled, regardless of the…

A city, county, special district, or harbor district that is a member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, is subject to the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937, or is subject to the Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System, may make advanced disability pension pa…

(a) A city, county, special district, or harbor district that is a member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, is subject to the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937, or is subject to the Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement Systems, shall make advanced disability pen…

Any firefighter employed by the County of San Luis Obispo, and the sheriff or any officer or employee of the sheriff’s office of the County of San Luis Obispo, and any county probation officer, group counselor, or juvenile services officer, or any officer or employee of a probati…

(a) Any firefighter employed by a dependent or independent fire district may be entitled to the benefits of this article, if otherwise entitled to these benefits, even though the employee is not a member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System or subject to the County Employee…

The governing body of any city, county, or city and county, in addition to anyone else properly entitled, including the Public Employees’ Retirement System, may request the appeals board to determine in any case, and the appeals board shall determine, whether or not the disabilit…

The provisions of this article do not diminish or affect the right of any such officer or employee to the medical, surgical, and hospital benefits prescribed by this division. (Amended by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1143.)

Whenever such disability of any such officer or employee continues for a period beyond one year, such member shall thereafter be subject as to disability indemnity to the provisions of this division other than Section 4850 during the remainder of the period of said disability or …

No disability indemnity shall be paid to any such officer or employee concurrently with wages or salary payments. (Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1378.)

This article shall not be applicable to individuals who are appointed as reserve public safety employees and are deemed to be employees of a county, city, town or district for workmen’s compensation purposes pursuant to Section 3362. (Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1178.)