Read this break down of changes and updates about Workers' Comp and COVID-19.

Cal/OSHA has created a resource that helps to outline which tests or examinations may be able to be postponed.

In an effort to maintain compliance, PRISM members subject to the COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standard are encouraged to keep abreast of the regulatory landscape surrounding the COVID-19 Prevention standard.

California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued a new guidance document aligned with current CDC guidelines.

California’s Office of Administrative Law approved the Cal-OSHA Emergency Temporary Standards for COVID-19 Prevention.

As schools contemplate reopening, districts are encouraged to procure disinfectants that kill the coronavirus using the least hazardous active ingredient.

AB 685 effective January 1, 2021, requires written notice to various parties regarding potential exposure to COVID-19. Several members have reached out looking for samples, so we partnered with Patti Eyres, Managing Partner of Eyres Law Group.

SB 1159 provides a presumptive injury for employees who test positive for COVID-19 as a result of an industrial exposure providing they meet all of the presumption qualifiers outlined within the applicable section of the bill.  

Pursuant to the PRISM Memorandum of Coverage (MOC), coverage would apply for employees who test positive for COVID-19 and meet all of the presumption qualifiers outlined within Sections 2, 3 or 4 of the bill.