Workers’ compensation increase for serious and willful misconduct doesn’t include public employee disability payments
In California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation v. Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, the Supreme Court today limits the workers’ compensation benefits an injured prison guard can recover for his employer’s serious and willful misconduct. That misconduct, which was found to be a failure to deal with a planned attack by inmates, requires a 50 percent increase in compensation.
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