Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features more COVID-19 related workers’ comp presumption news with Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont’s announcement that he has signed an executive order creating a rebuttable presumption that determines workers who contracted COVID-19 in the early days of the pandemic on the job are eligible for workers’ compensation benefits. Find out more by clicking here!
Also up on the presumption front today is Athens Administrators’ release from earlier this month of a legislative update for California that looks at the first month after California Governor Gavin Newsom issued an Executive Order creating the rebuttable presumption of compensability for COVID-19 clams that meet specific criteria in the state. Find out more by clicking here!