Introduction

• Author: David L. Pollak/Roger A. Tolman, Jr./Monika R. Reyes
• Pages: 19-26

INTRODUCTION

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CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

I. DEFINITIONS; BACKGROUND

§1:01 Industrial Revolution

§1:02 Civil Defenses

§1:03 Presidential Mandate

II. THE STATUTORY SCHEME

§1:10 General Purposes

§1:11 Benef‌its

§1:12 Compensation Bargain

III. CALIFORNIA BACKGROUND; “POLICE POWER”

§1:20 Roseberry and Boynton Acts

§1:21 Constitutional Provisions

§1:22 Exercise of Police Power

IV. THE BASIC WORKERS’ COMPENSATION SYSTEM

§1:30 Compensation Objectives

§1:31 “Self-Operating” System

V. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION

§1:40 LC §3202

§1:41 LC §3202.5

VI. LEGISLATIVE REFORMS

§1:50 2002-2004 Reforms

§1:51 Major Reform Enacted in 2012

§1:52 Workers’ Compensation Laws Enacted in 2019

§1:53 Revised Rules of Practice and Procedure, Effective January 1, 2022