Educational Webinars

Is California’s workers’ comp system on the precipice of a major shakeup? What are the latest tools and strategies to help employers navigate workers’ comp issues in a post-pandemic world? As employers begin to recover from the health and economic crisis, a tsunami of ugly bills introduced this session could potentially unwind previous reforms. Meanwhile, expanding presumptions and the usual suspects vying for a piece of the pie challenge the existing structure and balance of the state’s workers’ comp system as we know it.

Past Programs

Use the links below to access materials from previous California Coalition on Workers' Compensation webinars and seminars. (Member log-in required)

2024 Year-End Legislative Review: CCWC spent the legislative year playing zone defense in the state capitol and our advocacy efforts thwarted the most problematic of the workers’ compensation proposals. This in-depth webinar and review covers the political landscape impacting California's workers’ compensation industry, reports on legislative and regulatory developments from 2024 and a look ahead to 2025’s proactive agenda for CCWC.
October 11, 2024

2023 Year-End Legislative Review: This webinar provided an in-depth review of the political landscape impacting California's workers’ compensation industry, and report on legislative and regulatory developments from 2023.
December 7, 2023

2021 Legislative and Political Update: CCWC Managing Director, Paul Yoder, and Legislative Advocate, Jason Schmelzer, provide an in-depth review of the political landscape relative to California's workers’ compensation industry, and report on legislative and regulatory developments from 2020. CCWC Chair Jen Hamelin moderates the conversation.
October 12, 2021

Band of Bloggers: Bloggers Panel: CCWC's Band of Bloggers debated the future of Workers' Compensation during this entertaining virtual session.
August 12, 2021

Impacting the Cost of Medical Records Review: This panel will discuss potential tools and strategies available to manage the new medical-legal records review costs, as per the updated Medical Legal Fee Schedule. The discussion will cover the risks of runaway charges for record review activities, how to best manage these expenses, and explore existing products and some software tools that can be utilized to enhance the review and organization of your medical records file.
June 24, 2021

Presumptions, Assumptions and Expectations for 2021 and Beyond: This timely session will take a critical look at the public policies in play with statutory presumptions of compensability, and how those public policies are often in conflict with each other.
May 13, 2021

CCWC's Band of Bloggers: Debating the Future of Workers' Compensation: CCWC's Band of Bloggers debated the future of Workers' Compensation during this entertaining virtual session.
November 18, 2020

2020 Legislative and Political Update: CCWC Managing Director, Paul Yoder, and Legislative Advocate, Jason Schmelzer provides an in-depth review of the political landscape relative to California's workers’ compensation industry, and report on legislative and regulatory developments from 2020.
October 7, 2020

2019 Year-End Legislative Review: CCWC Legislative Advocate Jason Schmelzer provides an in-depth review of the political landscape relative to California's workers’ compensation industry, and report on legislative and regulatory developments from 2019.
October 17, 2019

2018 Year-End Legislative Review: CCWC Legislative Advocate Jason Schmelzer reports on legislative and regulatory developments from 2018, and provides an analysis of the coming political landscape in California's workers’ compensation realm pending results of the November election.
October 3, 2018

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