Employer’s Duty to Victim of Employment Crime

SAN RAMON, CA - A new section has been added to the Labor Code. Headed "Notice to Employee Crime Victims," it requires every employer subject to workers' compensation law to "give any employee who is a victim of a crime that occurred at the employee's place of employment written notice that (he or she) is eligible for workers' compensation for injuries, including psychiatric injuries, that may have resulted..." The notice must be given either personally or by first-class mail, either within one working da