05/07/21
Sacramento, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments:
Katherine Zalewski, 58, of Richmond, has been reappointed to the Workers Compensation Appeals Board, where she has served since 2014 and as Chair since 2017. Zalewski was Chief Counsel at the California Department of Industrial Relations from 2012 to 2014, where she was a Workers Compensation Administrative Law Judge and Advisor to the Division of Workers Compensation from 2009 to 2011. She was Senior Associate at Schmit Law Office from 2000 to 2009 and Manager and an Attorney at Pacific Coast Services from 1998 to 2000 and at Express Network and Direct Legal Support Services from 1993 to 1998. She was an Attorney at Kinder and Wuerfel from 1990 to 1993, at Finnegan and Marks from 1988 to 1990 and at Foreman and Brasso from 1986 to 1988. Zalewski earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. This position requires Se
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OAKLAND, Calif., April 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and its California Labor Commissioner s Office has launched a web-based tool in English and Spanish that offers key information on the new 2021 COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave law, Senate Bill No. 95, signed by Governor Newsom on March 19. The 2021 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave law provides workers up to 80 hours of paid sick leave if they or a family member are unable to work or telework due to COVID-19, including for vaccine-related reasons, said Labor Commissioner Lilia García-Brower. We designed this tool so workers and their employers can get information on workers paid sick leave options.
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The report polled more than 630 mostly low-wage workers as coronavirus cases spiked last fall finding a troubling lack of workplace protections for reducing the spread of COVID-19.