Category Archives: Labor Code 3212.15

A GUIDE TO LABOR CODE  §3212.15 (WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PTSD PRESUMPTION FOR POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS)

In the Fall of 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a reform package into law that, among other things, created a rebuttable presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) developed by a police officer or firefighter is job-related. In other words, a police officer or firefighter in California can claim workers’ compensation benefits for PTSD (Labor Code […]