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CA Labor Code § 5811 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 6 - Findings and Awards|Section 5811.

5811.  (a) No fees shall be charged by the clerk of any court for the performance of any official service required by this division, except for the docketing of awards as judgments and for certified copies of transcripts thereof. In all proceedings under this division before the appeals board, costs as between the parties may be allowed by the appeals board.(b) (1) It shall be the responsibility of any party producing a witness requiring an interpreter to arrange for the presence of a qualified interpreter.(2) A qualified interpreter is a language interpreter who is certified, or deemed certified, pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 11435.05) of Chapter 4.5 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of, or Section 68566 of, the Government Code. The duty of an interpreter is to accurately and impartially translate oral communications and transliterate written materials, and not to act as an agent or advocate. An interpreter shall not disclose to any person who is not an immediate participant in the communications the content of the conversations or documents that the interpreter has interpreted or transliterated unless the disclosure is compelled by court order. An attempt by any party or attorney to obtain disclosure is a bad faith tactic that is subject to Section 5813.Interpreter fees that are reasonably, actually, and necessarily incurred shall be paid by the employer under this section, provided they are in accordance with the fee schedule adopted by the administrative director.A qualified interpreter may render services during the following:(A) A deposition.(B) An appeals board hearing.(C) A medical treatment appointment or medical-legal examination.(D) During those settings which the administrative director determines are reasonably necessary to ascertain the validity or extent of injury to an employee who does not proficiently speak or understand the English language.(c) The administrative director shall promulgate regulations establishing criteria to verify the identity and credentials of individuals who provide interpreter services in all necessary settings and proceedings within the workers’ compensation system. Those regulations shall be adopted no later than January 1, 2018.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 868, Sec. 12. (SB 1160) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Labor Code § 5813 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 6 - Findings and Awards|Section 5813.

5813.  (a) The workers’ compensation referee or appeals board may order a party, the party’s attorney, or both, to pay any reasonable expenses, including attorney’s fees and costs, incurred by another party as a result of bad-faith actions or tactics that are frivolous or solely intended to cause unnecessary delay. In addition, a workers’ compensation referee or the appeals board, in its sole discretion, may order additional sanctions not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) to be transmitted to the General Fund.(b) The determination of sanctions shall be made after written application by the party seeking sanctions or upon the appeal board’s own motion.(c) This section shall apply to all applications for adjudication that are filed on or after January 1, 1994.(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1242, Sec. 41. Effective January 1, 1994.)
CA Labor Code § 5814 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 6 - Findings and Awards|Section 5814.

5814.  (a) When payment of compensation has been unreasonably delayed or refused, either prior to or subsequent to the issuance of an award, the amount of the payment unreasonably delayed or refused shall be increased up to 25 percent or up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000), whichever is less. In any proceeding under this section, the appeals board shall use its discretion to accomplish a fair balance and substantial justice between the parties.(b) If a potential violation of this section is discovered by the employer prior to an employee claiming a penalty under this section, the employer, within 90 days of the date of the discovery, may pay a self-imposed penalty in the amount of 10 percent of the amount of the payment unreasonably delayed or refused, along with the amount of the payment delayed or refused. This self-imposed penalty shall be in lieu of the penalty in subdivision (a).(c) Upon the approval of a compromise and release, findings and awards, or stipulations and orders by the appeals board, it shall be conclusively presumed that any accrued claims for penalty have been resolved, regardless of whether a petition for penalty has been filed, unless the claim for penalty is expressly excluded by the terms of the order or award. Upon the submission of any issue for determination at a regular trial hearing, it shall be conclusively presumed that any accrued claim for penalty in connection with the benefit at issue has been resolved, regardless of whether a petition for penalty has been filed, unless the issue of penalty is also submitted or is expressly excluded in the statement of issues being submitted.(d) The payment of any increased award pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be reduced by any amount paid under subdivision (d) of Section 4650 on the same unreasonably delayed or refused benefit payment.(e) No unreasonable delay in the provision of medical treatment shall be found when the treatment has been authorized by the employer in a timely manner and the only dispute concerns payment of a billing submitted by a physician or medical provider as provided in Section 4603.2.(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to create a civil cause of action.(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no action may be brought to recover penalties that may be awarded under this section more than two years from the date the payment of compensation was due.(h) This section shall apply to all injuries, without regard to whether the injury occurs before, on, or after the operative date of this section.(i) This section shall become operative on June 1, 2004.(Repealed (in Sec. 42) and added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 34, Sec. 43. Effective April 19, 2004. Section operative June 1, 2004, by its own provisions.)
CA Labor Code § 5814.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 6 - Findings and Awards|Section 5814.1.

5814.1.  When the payment of compensation has been unreasonably delayed or refused prior to the issuance of an award, and the director has provided discretionary compensation pursuant to Section 4903.3, the appeals board shall award to the director a penalty to be paid by the employer in the amount of 10 percent of the compensation so provided by the director, such penalty to be in addition to the penalty imposed by Section 5814. The question of delay and the reasonableness of the cause therefor shall be determined by the appeals board in accordance with the facts.(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 894, Sec. 10.)
CA Labor Code § 5814.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 6 - Findings and Awards|Section 5814.5.

5814.5.  When the payment of compensation has been unreasonably delayed or refused subsequent to the issuance of an award by an employer that has secured the payment of compensation pursuant to Section 3700, the appeals board shall, in addition to increasing the order, decision, or award pursuant to Section 5814, award reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred in enforcing the payment of compensation awarded.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 6, Sec. 82. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Labor Code § 5814.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 6 - Findings and Awards|Section 5814.6.

5814.6.  (a) Any employer or insurer that knowingly violates Section 5814 with a frequency that indicates a general business practice is liable for administrative penalties of not to exceed four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000). Penalty payments shall be imposed by the administrative director and deposited into the Return-to-Work Fund established pursuant to Section 139.48.(b) The administrative director may impose a penalty under either this section or subdivision (e) of Section 129.5.(c) This section shall become operative on June 1, 2004.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 34, Sec. 44. Effective April 19, 2004. Section operative June 1, 2004, by its own provisions.)
CA Labor Code § 5815 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 6 - Findings and Awards|Section 5815.

5815.  Every order, decision or award, other than an order merely appointing a trustee or guardian, shall contain a determination of all issues presented for determination by the appeals board prior thereto and not theretofore determined. Any issue not so determined will be deemed decided adversely as to the party in whose interest such issue was raised.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.)
CA Labor Code § 5816 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 6 - Findings and Awards|Section 5816.

5816.  A determination of facts by the appeals board under this chapter has no collateral estoppel effect on a subsequent criminal prosecution and does not preclude litigation of those same facts in the criminal proceeding.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 158, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Labor Code § 6300 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction and Duties|Section 6300.

6300.  The California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973 is hereby enacted for the purpose of assuring safe and healthful working conditions for all California working men and women by authorizing the enforcement of effective standards, assisting and encouraging employers to maintain safe and healthful working conditions, and by providing for research, information, education, training, and enforcement in the field of occupational safety and health.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 993.)
CA Labor Code § 6301 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction and Duties|Section 6301.

6301.  The definitions set forth in this chapter shall govern the construction and interpretation of this part.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 993.)
CA Labor Code § 6302 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction and Duties|Section 6302.

6302.  As used in this division:(a) “Director” means the Director of Industrial Relations.(b) “Department” means the Department of Industrial Relations.(c) “Insurer” includes the State Compensation Insurance Fund and any private company, corporation, mutual association, and reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, authorized under the laws of this state to insure employers against liability for compensation under this part and under Division 4 (commencing with Section 3201), and any employer to whom a certificate of consent to self-insure has been issued.(d) “Division” means the Division of Occupational Safety and Health.(e) “Standards board” means the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, within the department.(f) “Appeals board” means the Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board, within the department.(g) “Aquaculture” means a form of agriculture as defined in Section 17 of the Fish and Game Code.(h) “Serious injury or illness” means any injury or illness occurring in a place of employment or in connection with any employment that requires inpatient hospitalization, for other than medical observation or diagnostic testing, or in which an employee suffers an amputation, the loss of an eye, or any serious degree of permanent disfigurement, but does not include any injury or illness or death caused by an accident on a public street or highway, unless the accident occurred in a construction zone.(i) “Serious exposure” means any exposure of an employee to a hazardous substance when the exposure occurs as a result of an incident, accident, emergency, or exposure over time and is in a degree or amount sufficient to create a realistic possibility that death or serious physical harm in the future could result from the actual hazard created by the exposure.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 200, Sec. 1. (AB 1805) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Labor Code § 6303 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction and Duties|Section 6303.

6303.  (a) “Place of employment” means any place, and the premises appurtenant thereto, where employment is carried on, except a place where the health and safety jurisdiction is vested by law in, and actively exercised by, any state or federal agency other than the division.(b) “Employment” includes the carrying on of any trade, enterprise, project, industry, business, occupation, or work, including all excavation, demolition, and construction work, or any process or operation in any way related thereto, in which any person is engaged or permitted to work for hire, except household domestic service.(c) “Employment,” for purposes of this division only, also includes volunteer firefighting when covered by Division 4 (commencing with Section 3200) pursuant to Section 3361.(d) Subdivision (c) shall become operative on January 1, 2004.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 368, Sec. 1. Effective September 5, 2002.)
CA Labor Code § 6303.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction and Duties|Section 6303.5.

6303.5.  Nothing in this division shall be construed to limit the jurisdiction of the state over any employmment or place of employment by reason of the exercise of occupational safety and health jurisdiction by any federal agency if federal jurisdiction is being exercised under a federal law which expressly authorizes concurrent state jurisdiction over occupational safety or health issues.(Added November 8, 1988, by initiative Proposition 97. Note: Prop. 97 is titled the California Occupational Safety and Health Restoration Act.)
CA Labor Code § 6304 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction and Duties|Section 6304.

6304.  “Employer” shall have the same meaning as in Section 3300.(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1751.)
CA Labor Code § 6304.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction and Duties|Section 6304.1.

6304.1.  (a) “Employee” means every person who is required or directed by any employer to engage in any employment or to go to work or be at any time in any place of employment.(b) “Employee” also includes volunteer firefighters covered by Division 4 (commencing with Section 3200) pursuant to Section 3361.(c) Subdivision (b) shall become operative on January 1, 2004.(d) This act does not affect claims that arose pursuant to Division 5 of this code between January 1, 2002, and the effective date of this act.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 368, Sec. 2. Effective September 5, 2002.)
CA Labor Code § 6304.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction and Duties|Section 6304.2.

6304.2.  Notwithstanding Section 6413, and except as provided in Sections 6304. 3 and 6304.4, any state prisoner engaged in correctional industry, as defined by the Department of Corrections, shall be deemed to be an “employee,” and the Department of Corrections shall be deemed to be an “employer,” with regard to such prisoners for the purposes of this part.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1215.)
CA Labor Code § 6304.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction and Duties|Section 6304.3.

6304.3.  (a) A Correctional Industry Safety Committee shall be established in accordance with Department of Corrections administrative procedures at each facility maintaining a correctional industry, as defined by the Department of Corrections. The Division of Occupational Safety and Health shall promulgate, and the Department of Corrections shall implement, regulations concerning the duties and functions which shall govern the operation of each such committee.(b) All complaints alleging unsafe or unhealthy working conditions in a correctional industry shall initially be directed to the Correctional Industry Safety Committee of the facility prison. The committee shall attempt to resolve all complaints.If a complaint is not resolved by the committee within 15 calendar days, the complaint shall be referred by the committee to the division where it shall be reviewed. When the division receives a complaint which, in its determination, constitutes a bona fide allegation of a safety or health violation, the division shall summarily investigate the same as soon as possible, but not later than three working days after receipt of a complaint charging a serious violation, as defined in Section 6309, and not later than 14 calendar days after receipt of a complaint charging a nonserious violation.(c) Except as provided in subdivision (b) and in Section 6313, the inspection or investigation of a facility maintaining a correctional industry, as defined by the Department of Corrections, shall be discretionary with the division.(d) Notwithstanding Section 6321, the division may give advance notice of an inspection or investigation and may postpone the same if such action is necessary for the maintenance of security at the facility where the inspection or investigation is to be held, or for insuring the safety and health of the division’s representative who will be conducting such inspection or investigation.(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 676.)
CA Labor Code § 6304.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction and Duties|Section 6304.4.

6304.4.  A prisoner engaged in correctional industry, as defined by the Department of Corrections, shall not be considered an employee for purposes of the provisions relating to appeal proceedings set forth in Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6600).(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 142, Sec. 111.)
CA Labor Code § 6304.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction and Duties|Section 6304.5.

6304.5.  It is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of this division, and the occupational safety and health standards and orders promulgated under this code, are applicable to proceedings against employers for the exclusive purpose of maintaining and enforcing employee safety.Neither the issuance of, or failure to issue, a citation by the division shall have any application to, nor be considered in, nor be admissible into, evidence in any personal injury or wrongful death action, except as between an employee and his or her own employer. Sections 452 and 669 of the Evidence Code shall apply to this division and to occupational safety and health standards adopted under this division in the same manner as any other statute, ordinance, or regulation. The testimony of employees of the division shall not be admissible as expert opinion or with respect to the application of occupational safety and health standards. It is the intent of the Legislature that the amendments to this section enacted in the 1999–2000 Regular Session shall not abrogate the holding in Brock v. State of California (1978) 8l Cal.App.3d 752.(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 615, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Labor Code § 6305 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction and Duties|Section 6305.

6305.  (a) “Occupational safety and health standards and orders” means standards and orders adopted by the standards board pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 140) of Division 1 and general orders heretofore adopted by the Industrial Safety Board or the Industrial Accident Commission.(b) “Special order” means any order written by the chief or the chief’s authorized representative to correct an unsafe condition, device, or place of employment which poses a threat to the health or safety of an employee and which cannot be made safe under existing standards or orders of the standards board. These orders shall have the same effect as any other standard or order of the standards board, but shall apply only to the employment or place of employment described in the written order of the chief’s authorized representative.(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 714, Sec. 319.)
CA Labor Code § 6306 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction and Duties|Section 6306.

6306.  (a) “Safe,” “safety,” and “health” as applied to an employment or a place of employment mean such freedom from danger to the life, safety, or health of employees as the nature of the employment reasonably permits.(b) “Safety device” and “safeguard” shall be given a broad interpretation so as to include any practicable method of mitigating or preventing a specific danger, including the danger of exposure to potentially injurious levels of ionizing radiation or potentially injurious quantities of radioactive materials.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 993.)
CA Labor Code § 6307 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction and Duties|Section 6307.

6307.  The division has the power, jurisdiction, and supervision over every employment and place of employment in this state, which is necessary adequately to enforce and administer all laws and lawful standards and orders, or special orders requiring such employment and place of employment to be safe, and requiring the protection of the life, safety, and health of every employee in such employment or place of employment.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 993.)
CA Labor Code § 6307.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction and Duties|Section 6307.1.

6307.1.  The State Department of Health Services shall assist the division in the enforcement of Section 25910 of the Health and Safety Code in the manner prescribed by a written agreement between the State Department of Health Services and the Department of Industrial Relations, pursuant to Section 144.(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 676.)