California Code of Regulations
Title 8 - Industrial Relations
Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations
Chapter 8 - Office of the Director
Subchapter 7 - Return-to-Work Supplement
Article 1
Section 17300 - General, Scope and Application of Article
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) This article governs the return-to-work program established by Labor Code section 139.48. This program shall be called the Return-to-Work Supplement Program. The Return-to-Work Supplement Program is located at 1515 Clay Street, 17th Floor, Oakland, California, 94612.
(b) This program is intended to provide
supplemental payments to workers whose permanent disability benefits are
disproportionately low in comparison to their earnings loss. This program is
based on findings of studies done by RAND concerning permanent disability and
in particular the study entitled Identifying Permanently Disabled Workers with
Disproportionate Earnings Losses for Supplemental Payments, RAND, February
2014.
1. Amendment of subchapter heading and new subchapter 7, article 1 (sections 17300-17310) and section filed 4-6-2015; operative 4-6-2015 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2015, No. 15). For prior history of subchapter 7, see Register 2013, No. 12.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 54, 55 and 139.48, Labor Code. Reference: Section 139.48, Labor Code.
