California Coalition on Workers' Compensation

Events

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)

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
2017 Year-End Legislative Review

In this webinar presentation, CCWC Legislative Advocate Jason Schmelzer provides an in-depth review of the political landscape in California's workers’ compensation realm, and reports on legislative and regulatory developments from 2017.

October 18, 2017
2017 Legislative Update

CCWC Legislative Advocate Jason Schmelzer and Government Relations Committee Chair Matthew O’Shea of Safeway, Inc. provide an in-depth look at CCWC's legislative priorities for 2017, analyzing specific bills introduced this session while surveying the current political landscape to assess challenges and opportunities.

March 31, 2017
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