An important update for solar energy and energy storage workers, Governor Gavin Newsom announced an extension of workers’ compensation benefits to those who work outside the home on the building and maintenance of critical infrastructure and who tested positive for COVID-19 within a specified time period. The executive order signed yesterday creates a “time-limited rebuttable presumption” for workers’ compensation benefits as a way of protecting workers and encouraging sick employees to stay home to prevent the further spread of the virus.
A comprehensive and helpful summary of Executive Order N-62-20 can be found through this link.