Mark Webb

California is making a mess as courts, the legislature and possibly voters sort out who qualifies as an employee and who as a contractor.

Legislation in California threatens to make workers’ compensation the primary health insurance for workers exposed to COVID-19.

PARODY ALERT: The author enumerates Santa Claus's potential violations of CCPA, which could warrant $100 billion in fines.

For those who can afford compliance, it will be business as usual. For those who cannot, compliance is a death knell to innovation.

The ruling in California and a related bill in the assembly fit into a long-standing debate on who is a contractor and who an employee.

Insurance companies are anxiously anticipating the outcome of several assembly bills amending the CCPA that await action by the Senate.

The risk is that insurers will not do the thorough risk analysis necessary before launching and implementing significant technology initiatives.

The discussion on blockchain needs to be fully integrated within the context of existing and anticipated regulatory compliance requirements.

The California Supreme Court ruled in favor of a utilization review (UR) physician accused of malpractice.

The ruling in the Dynamex case means fewer workers will be considered independent contractors but leaves a host of questions for workers' comp.

A record-keeping rule on workers' injuries is on the path of disapproval, much to the relief of employers across the country.

The pressures of the competitive world and investor expectations can produce a tumor that regulators have been unable to excise.

Legislative efforts in California on return-to-work have largely been limited to the voucher, an at-best-meager training program.

The spate of recent, important decisions raises a question: How do state legislatures wind up passing such complex laws?

Common wisdom suggests that major workers’ compensation legislative activity won’t take place during an election year.

The new research is right that a formulary could cut lots of workers' comp costs -- but other attempts have failed.

The author describes a dialogue that can help resolve the fight between insurers and healthcare providers that has lasted generations.

Still, despite the recent ruling, the challenge to courts is to not sit in judgment over what is fundamentally a legislative decision.