Combating Bias in the MedLegal Evaluation 5

 The first domino falls in the war against bias in the medical legal evaluation with the recent passage of SB 788.  Now, Labor Code 4663 - the Apportionment Law - is rewritten to prohibit the consideration of race, religious creed, color, national origin, gender, marital status, sex, sexual identity, or sexual orientation in the development of an apportionment declaration.  

 Black and Hispanic workers suffer frequent industrial injury because these groups are disproportionately represented in high injury risk occupations - such as construction labor.  However, statistics indicate that these groups of injured workers received fewer workers compensation disability benefits than their white colleagues in the same industry for the same severity of injury.   

 In this Live Video, learn easy and practical action steps that you can take in the face to face evaluation, and in writing your final Report, that will ensure that your final opinions and conclusions are accurate, and free from the influence of bias.