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DWC Plans to Open Santa Barbara Satellite Office in December
The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced plans toopen a satellite office in Santa Barbara to provide access to injuredworkers previously served by the Goleta district office.The new Santa...
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The Office of Administrative Law Has Approved DWC’s Final Versions of the...
The Office of Administrative Law (OAL) approved the Independent Medical Review (IMR) and Independent Bill Review (IBR) regulations. Both sets of regulations were filed with the Secretary of State on...
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DWC Announces Changes to Panel QME Request Process to Comply with Navarro v....
On April 2, 2014, the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) issued an en banc decision in Navarro v. City of Montebello which invalidated part of QME Regulation 35.5(e). Pursuant to the WCAB’s...
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Founding Members Honored
The Law Offices of Parker & Irwin, a professional corporation, would like to congratulate John F. Parker and Robert L. Dally on their lifetime accomplishments. Both were honored and inducted into...
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DIR Reduces Fees for IMR and IBR:
DIR Reduces Fees for Independent Medical Review, Independent Bill Review, by 25 Percent The Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) has announced a reduction in Independent Medical Review and...
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DIR has announced Temporary Total Disability Rates for 2015
The minimum and maximum temporary total disability (TTD) rates for 2015 will increase on January 1, 2015. The minimum TTD rate will increase from $161.19 to $165.49 and the maximum TTD rate will...
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September News and Events: Highlighting the CWC & Risk Conference
Caryn Rinaldini joined the Law Offices of Parker & Irwin as our Client Relations Director, bringing her broad spectrum of skills and education, international and local marketing experience....
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New Los Angeles Location
We are proud to announce our new Los Angeles location, centrally located new the Los Angeles Workers' Compensation Appeals Board. Bruce A. Little, Esq. has been appointed Managing Partner of the new...
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DWC Posts Draft Qualified Medical Evaluator Regulations for Online QME Panel...
For more information visit: http://www.dir.ca.gov/Wcjudicial.htm
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Claimant Faces Fraud Charge
Law Offices of Parker & Irwin, a professional corporation PRESS RELEASE Date: October 17, 2014 SAN BERNARIDNO, CA - The Law Offices of Parker & Irwin, representing Employers Insurance, is...
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2014 Workers' Compensation Premium Index Rates
CREDIT: www.fixworkerscompnow.org A recent study has confirmed what many of you already knew: California employers pay the highest workers' compensation costs in the nation – by a wide margin....
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DWC Initiates Procedures to Assess Administrative Penalties
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DWC Enacting New Online QME Form 106 Panel Process, Posts Training Video and...
The Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) will implement a new online panel process for represented initial panel requests on October 1, 2015. DWC will no longer accept or process paper...
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