REPORTING - SERIOUS INJURY
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 342(a) (2005) - Employer failed to report a serious injury within the required eight hours, or even within the 24 hours allowed in exigent circumstances.
PENALTIES - FINANCIAL HARDSHIP
Employer successfully established the financial hardship defense by showing it could not pay the $5,000 penalty for a regulatory violation because its workers' compensation insurance rates had more than doubled following its first-ever workplace accident.
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