Workers Comp Unwrapped Episode 515: The Claims Nobody Talks About: Billing for Agricultural and Seasonal Worker Injuries in California

Send us Fan Mail Agricultural and seasonal worker injuries are some of the hardest claims to document and some of the easiest to lose in the gap between the field and the front desk. In September 2024, the Governor vetoed SB 1299, which would have created a rebuttable presumption that a farmworker's heat injury arose out of employment when the employer failed to follow heat standards. A nearly identical bill, AB 1336, followed and was vetoed as well. Neither veto changed the underlying rules....