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CA Labor Code § 4455 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 2 - COMPUTATION OF COMPENSATION|CHAPTER 1 - Average Earnings|Section 4455.

4455.  If the injured employee is under 18 years of age, and his or her incapacity is permanent, his or her average weekly earnings shall be deemed, within the limits fixed in Section 4453, to be the weekly sum that under ordinary circumstances he or she would probably be able to earn at the age of 18 years, in the occupation in which he or she was employed at the time of the injury or in any occupation to which he or she would reasonably have been promoted if he or she had not been injured. If the probable earnings at the age of 18 years cannot reasonably be determined, his or her average weekly earnings shall be taken at the maximum limit established in Section 4453.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 6, Sec. 58. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Labor Code § 4456 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 2 - COMPUTATION OF COMPENSATION|CHAPTER 1 - Average Earnings|Section 4456.

4456.  Where any employee is injured while engaged on any unemployment work relief program conducted by the State, or a political subdivision, or any State or governmental agency, the disability payments due under this division shall be determined solely on the monthly earnings or anticipated earnings of such person from such program, such payments to be within the minimum and maximum limits set forth in section 4453.(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)
CA Labor Code § 4457 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 2 - COMPUTATION OF COMPENSATION|CHAPTER 1 - Average Earnings|Section 4457.

4457.  In the event the average weekly earnings of workmen associating themselves under a partnership agreement, the principal purpose of which is the performance of labor on a particular piece of work, are not otherwise ascertainable, they shall be deemed to be forty dollars ($40).(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 903.)
CA Labor Code § 4458 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 2 - COMPUTATION OF COMPENSATION|CHAPTER 1 - Average Earnings|Section 4458.

4458.  If a member registered as an active firefighting member of any regularly organized volunteer fire department as described in Section 3361 suffers injury or death while in the performance of his duty as fireman, or if a person engaged in fire suppression as described in Section 3365 suffers injury or death while so engaged, then, irrespective of his remuneration from this or other employment or from both, his average weekly earnings for the purposes of determining temporary disability indemnity and permanent disability indemnity shall be taken at the maximum fixed for each, respectively, in Section 4453. Four times his average annual earnings in disability cases and in death cases shall be taken at the maximum limits provided in Sections 4452 and 4702 respectively.(Amended (as amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 953) by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1347.)
CA Labor Code § 4458.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 2 - COMPUTATION OF COMPENSATION|CHAPTER 1 - Average Earnings|Section 4458.2.

4458.2.  If an active peace officer of any department as described in Section 3362 suffers injury or death while in the performance of his or her duties as a peace officer, or if a person engaged in the performance of active law enforcement service as described in Section 3366 suffers injury or death while in the performance of that active law enforcement service, or if a person registered as a reserve peace officer of any regularly organized police or sheriff’s department as described in Section 3362.5 suffers injury or death while in the performance of his or her duties as a peace officer, then, irrespective of his or her remuneration from this or other employment or from both, his or her average weekly earnings for the purposes of determining temporary disability indemnity and permanent disability indemnity shall be taken at the maximum fixed for each, respectively, in Section 4453. Four times his or her average annual earnings in disability cases and in death cases shall be taken at the maximum limits provided in Sections 4452 and 4702 respectively.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 892, Sec. 30.5.)
CA Labor Code § 4458.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 2 - COMPUTATION OF COMPENSATION|CHAPTER 1 - Average Earnings|Section 4458.5.

4458.5.  If a member suffers “an injury” following termination of active service, and within the time prescribed in Section 3212, 3212.2, 3212.3, 3212.4, 3212.5, 3212.6, 3212.7, or 3213, then, irrespective of his remuneration from any postactive service employment, his average weekly earnings for the purposes of determining temporary disability indemnity, permanent total disability indemnity, and permanent partial disability indemnity, shall be taken at the maximum fixed for each such disability, respectively, in Section 4453.(Added by renumbering Section 4458 (as added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 446) by Stats. 1978, Ch. 380.)
CA Labor Code § 4459 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 2 - COMPUTATION OF COMPENSATION|CHAPTER 1 - Average Earnings|Section 4459.

4459.  The fact that an employee has suffered a previous disability, or received compensation therefor, does not preclude him from compensation for a later injury, or his dependents from compensation for death resulting therefrom, but in determining compensation for the later injury, or death resulting therefrom, his average weekly earnings shall be fixed at the sum which reasonably represents his earning capacity at the time of the later injury.(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)
CA Labor Code § 4900 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 3 - COMPENSATION CLAIMS|CHAPTER 1 - Payment and Assignment|Section 4900.

4900.  No claim for compensation, except as provided in Section 96, is assignable before payment, but this provision does not affect the survival thereof.(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 555.)
CA Labor Code § 4901 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 3 - COMPENSATION CLAIMS|CHAPTER 1 - Payment and Assignment|Section 4901.

4901.  No claim for compensation nor compensation awarded, adjudged, or paid, is subject to be taken for the debts of the party entitled to such compensation except as hereinafter provided.(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)
CA Labor Code § 4902 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 3 - COMPENSATION CLAIMS|CHAPTER 1 - Payment and Assignment|Section 4902.

4902.  No compensation, whether awarded or voluntarily paid, shall be paid to any attorney at law or in fact or other agent, but shall be paid directly to the claimant entitled thereto unless otherwise ordered by the appeals board. No payment made to an attorney at law or in fact or other agent in violation of this section shall be credited to the employer.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.)
CA Labor Code § 4903.06 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 3 - COMPENSATION CLAIMS|CHAPTER 1 - Payment and Assignment|Section 4903.06.

4903.06.  (a) Any lien filed pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 4903 prior to January 1, 2013, and any cost that was filed as a lien prior to January 1, 2013, shall be subject to a lien activation fee unless the lien claimant provides proof of having paid a filing fee as previously required by former Section 4903.05 as added by Chapter 639 of the Statutes of 2003.(1) The lien claimant shall pay a lien activation fee of one hundred dollars ($100) to the Division of Workers’ Compensation on or before January 1, 2014. The fee shall be collected through an electronic payment system that accepts major credit cards and any additional forms of electronic payment selected by the administrative director. If the administrative director contracts with a service provider for the processing of electronic payments, any processing fee shall be absorbed by the division and not added to the fee charged to the lien filer.(2) The lien claimant shall include proof of payment of the filing fee or lien activation fee with the declaration of readiness to proceed.(3) The lien activation fee shall be collected by the administrative director. All fees shall be deposited in the Workers’ Compensation Administration Revolving Fund and applied for the purposes of that fund. The administrative director shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations governing the procedure for the collection of the lien activation fee and to implement this section, including emergency regulations, as necessary.(4) All lien claimants that did not file the declaration of readiness to proceed and that remain a lien claimant of record at the time of a lien conference shall submit proof of payment of the activation fee at the lien conference. If the fee has not been paid or no proof of payment is available, the lien shall be dismissed with prejudice.(5) Any lien filed pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 4903 prior to January 1, 2013, and any cost that was filed as a lien prior to January 1, 2013, for which the filing fee or lien activation fee has not been paid by January 1, 2014, is dismissed by operation of law.(b) This section shall not apply to any lien filed by a health care service plan licensed pursuant to Section 1349 of the Health and Safety Code, a group disability insurer under a policy issued in this state pursuant to the provisions of Section 10270.5 of the Insurance Code, a self-insured employee welfare benefit plan, as defined in Section 10121 of the Insurance Code, that is issued in this state, a Taft-Hartley health and welfare fund, or a publicly funded program providing medical benefits on a nonindustrial basis.(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 363, Sec. 64. (SB 863) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Labor Code § 4903.07 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 3 - COMPENSATION CLAIMS|CHAPTER 1 - Payment and Assignment|Section 4903.07.

4903.07.  (a) A lien claimant shall be entitled to an order or award for reimbursement from the employer of a lien filing fee or lien activation fee, together with interest at the rate allowed on civil judgments, only if all of the following conditions are satisfied:(1) Not less than 30 days before filing the lien for which the filing fee was paid or filing the declaration of readiness for which the lien activation fee was paid, the lien claimant has made written demand for settlement of the lien claim for a clearly stated sum which shall be inclusive of all claims of debt, interest, penalty, or other claims potentially recoverable on the lien.(2) The defendant fails to accept the settlement demand in writing within 20 days of receipt of the demand for settlement, or within any additional time as may be provide by the written demand.(3) After submission of the lien dispute to the appeals board or an arbitrator, a final award is made in favor of the lien claimant of a specified sum that is equal to or greater than the amount of the settlement demand. The amount of the interest and filing fee or lien activation fee shall not be considered in determining whether the award is equal to or greater than the demand.(b) This section shall not preclude an order or award of reimbursement of the filing fee or activation fee pursuant to the express terms of an agreed disposition of a lien dispute.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 217, Sec. 4. (AB 2732) Effective January 1, 2015.)
CA Labor Code § 4903.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 3 - COMPENSATION CLAIMS|CHAPTER 1 - Payment and Assignment|Section 4903.2.

4903.2.  Where a lien claimant is reimbursed pursuant to subdivision (f) or (g) of Section 4903 or Section 4903.1, for benefits paid or services provided, the appeals board may award an attorney’s fee to the applicant’s attorney out of the lien claimant’s recovery if the appeals board determines that all of the following occurred:(a) The lien claimant received notice of all hearings following the filing of the lien and received notice of intent to award the applicant’s attorney a fee. (b) An attorney or other representative of the lien claimant did not participate in the proceedings before the appeals board with respect to the lien claim. (c) There were bona fide issues respecting compensability, or respecting allowability of the lien, such that the services of an attorney were reasonably required to effectuate recovery on the claim of lien and were instrumental in effecting the recovery.(d) The case was not disposed of by compromise and release.The amount of the attorney’s fee out of the lien claimant’s recovery shall be based on the extent of applicant’s attorney’s efforts on behalf of the lien claimant. The ratio of the amount of the attorney’s fee awarded against the lien claimant’s recovery to that recovery shall not exceed the ratio of the amount of the attorney’s fee awarded against the applicant’s award to that award.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 142, Sec. 108.)
CA Labor Code § 4903.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 3 - COMPENSATION CLAIMS|CHAPTER 1 - Payment and Assignment|Section 4903.3.

4903.3.  The director, as administrator of the Uninsured Employers Fund, may, in his discretion, provide compensation, including medical treatment, from the Uninsured Employers Fund in cases to which the director is a party before the issuance of any award, if such compensation is not being provided to the applicant.The appeals board shall determine and allow as a first lien against any sum to be paid as compensation the amount of compensation, including the cost of medical treatment, provided by the director pursuant to this section.(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 894, Sec. 9.)
CA Labor Code § 4903.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 3 - COMPENSATION CLAIMS|CHAPTER 1 - Payment and Assignment|Section 4903.4.

4903.4.  (a) If a dispute arises concerning a lien for expenses incurred by or on behalf of the injured employee as provided by Article 2 (commencing with Section 4600) of Chapter 2 of Part 2, the appeals board may resolve the dispute in a separate proceeding, which may include binding arbitration upon agreement of the employer, lien claimant, and the employee, if the employee remains a party to the dispute, according to the rules of practice and procedure.(b) If the dispute is heard at a separate proceeding it shall be calendared for hearing or hearings as determined by the appeals board based upon the resources available to the appeals board and other considerations as the appeals board deems appropriate and shall not be subject to Section 5501.5.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 287, Sec. 6. (SB 375) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Labor Code § 4903.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 3 - COMPENSATION CLAIMS|CHAPTER 1 - Payment and Assignment|Section 4903.5.

4903.5.  (a) A lien claim for expenses as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 4903 shall not be filed after three years from the date the services were provided, nor more than 18 months after the date the services were provided, if the services were provided on or after July 1, 2013.(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), any health care service plan licensed pursuant to Section 1349 of the Health and Safety Code, group disability insurer under a policy issued in this state pursuant to the provisions of Section 10270.5 of the Insurance Code, self-insured employee welfare benefit plan issued in this state as defined in Section 10121 of the Insurance Code, Taft-Hartley health and welfare fund, or publicly funded program providing medical benefits on a nonindustrial basis, may file a lien claim for expenses as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 4903 within 12 months after the entity first knew or in the exercise of reasonable diligence should have known that an industrial injury is being claimed, but in no event later than five years from the date the services were provided to the employee.(c) The injured worker shall not be liable for any underlying obligation if a lien claim has not been filed and served within the allowable period. Except when the lien claimant is the applicant as provided in Section 5501 or as otherwise permitted by rules of practice and procedure adopted by the appeals board, a lien claimant shall not file a declaration of readiness to proceed in any case until the case-in-chief has been resolved.(d) This section shall not apply to civil actions brought under the Cartwright Act (Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 16700) of Part 2 of Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code), the Unfair Practices Act (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 17000) of Part 2 of Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code), or the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act (Chapter 96 (commencing with Section 1961) of Title 18 of the United States Code) based on concerted action with other insurers that are not parties to the case in which the lien or claim is filed.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 363, Sec. 68. (SB 863) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Labor Code § 4903.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 3 - COMPENSATION CLAIMS|CHAPTER 1 - Payment and Assignment|Section 4903.6.

4903.6.  (a) Except as necessary to meet the requirements of Section 4903.5, a lien claim or application for adjudication shall not be filed or served under subdivision (b) of Section 4903 until both of the following have occurred:(1) Sixty days have elapsed after the date of acceptance or rejection of liability for the claim, or expiration of the time provided for investigation of liability pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 5402, whichever date is earlier.(2) Either of the following:(A) The time provided for payment of medical treatment bills pursuant to Section 4603.2 has expired and, if the employer objected to the amount of the bill, the reasonable fee has been determined pursuant to Section 4603.6, and, if authorization for the medical treatment has been disputed pursuant to Section 4610, the medical necessity of the medical treatment has been determined pursuant to Sections 4610.5 and 4610.6.(B) The time provided for payment of medical-legal expenses pursuant to Section 4622 has expired and, if the employer objected to the amount of the bill, the reasonable fee has been determined pursuant to Section 4603.6.(b) All lien claimants under Section 4903 shall notify the employer and the employer’s representative, if any, and the employee and the employee’s representative, if any, and the appeals board within five working days of obtaining, changing, or discharging representation by an attorney or nonattorney representative. The notice shall set forth the legal name, address, and telephone number of the attorney or nonattorney representative.(c) A declaration of readiness to proceed shall not be filed for a lien under subdivision (b) of Section 4903 until the underlying case has been resolved or where the applicant chooses not to proceed with the applicant’s case.(d) With the exception of a lien for services provided by a physician as defined in Section 3209.3, a lien claimant shall not be entitled to any medical information, as defined in subdivision (j) of Section 56.05 of the Civil Code, about an injured worker without prior written approval of the appeals board. Any order authorizing disclosure of medical information to a lien claimant other than a physician shall specify the information to be provided to the lien claimant and include a finding that the information is relevant to the proof of the matter for which the information is sought. The appeals board shall adopt reasonable regulations to ensure compliance with this section, and shall take any further steps as may be necessary to enforce the regulations, including, but not limited to, impositions of sanctions pursuant to Section 5813.(e) The prohibitions of this section do not apply to lien claims, applications for adjudication, or declarations of readiness to proceed filed by or on behalf of the employee, or to the filings by or on behalf of the employer.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 497, Sec. 190. (AB 991) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Labor Code § 4904.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 3 - COMPENSATION CLAIMS|CHAPTER 1 - Payment and Assignment|Section 4904.1.

4904.1.  The payment of liens as provided in Section 4904, shall in no way affect the commencement of immediate payments on any balance of the award to the injured claimant where an installment payment for his disability has been determined.(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1241.)
CA Labor Code § 4905 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 3 - COMPENSATION CLAIMS|CHAPTER 1 - Payment and Assignment|Section 4905.

4905.  Except with regard to liens as permitted by subdivision (b) of Section 4903, if it appears in any proceeding pending before the appeals board that a lien should be allowed if it had been duly requested by the party entitled thereto, the appeals board may, without any request for such lien having been made, order the payment of the claim to be made directly to the person entitled, in the same manner and with the same effect as though the lien had been regularly requested, and the award to such person shall constitute a lien against unpaid compensation due at the time of service of the award.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 363, Sec. 72. (SB 863) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Labor Code § 4907 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 3 - COMPENSATION CLAIMS|CHAPTER 1 - Payment and Assignment|Section 4907.

4907.  (a) The privilege of any person, except attorneys admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the state, to appear in any proceeding as a representative of any party before the appeals board, or any of its workers’ compensation administrative law judges, may, after a hearing, be removed, denied, or suspended by the appeals board for either of the following:(1) For a violation of this chapter, the Rules of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, or the Rules of the Administrative Director.(2) For other good cause, including, but not limited to, failure to pay final order of sanctions, attorney’s fees, or costs issued under Section 5813.(b) For purposes of this section, nonattorney representatives shall be held to the same professional standards of conduct as attorneys.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 363, Sec. 73. (SB 863) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Labor Code § 4908 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 3 - COMPENSATION CLAIMS|CHAPTER 1 - Payment and Assignment|Section 4908.

4908.  A claim for compensation for the injury or death of any employee, or any award or judgment entered thereon, has the same preference over the other debts of the employer, or his estate and of the insurer which is given by the law to claims for wages. Such preference is for the entire amount of the compensation to be paid. This section shall not impair the lien of any previous award.(Amended by Stats. 1939, Ch. 649.)