{"id":"AGY-ST-COURTS-002","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"California Workers\u0027 Compensation Appeals Board (statewide)","state":"CA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-COURTS","eco":"","issuer":"Workers\u0027 Compensation Appeals Board of the State of California (en banc)","authority":"Cal. Lab. Code § 115; Cal. Const. art. XIV, § 4; Cal. Code Regs. tit. 8, §§ 10940(b), 10205.7(c)","instrument":"In re: COVID-19 State of Emergency, En Banc No. 2, Misc. No. 261","title":"En banc decision permitting emergency e-mail filing with the Appeals Board and district offices during the stay-at-home order","dateIssued":"2020-04-06","effective":"2020-04-06","end":"Until further notice (not verified)","startDate":"2020-04-06","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["parties and representatives before the WCAB","district offices"],"clause":"On March 19, 2020, the State of California\u0027s Governor, Gavin Newsom, issued Executive Order N-33-20, requiring all Californians to stay home with certain limited exceptions. In light of the continued state of emergency and to facilitate compliance with public health measures, we will order that certain documents may be emailed directly to the district offices or the Appeals Board... The district offices may accept by email solely documents subject to a statutory time limit where the filing party could not otherwise e-file, JET file","enforcement":"Binding en banc precedent (Cal. Code Regs. tit. 8, § 10325); misuse subject to sanctions under Lab. Code § 5813","functions":["CT courts and agencies","OF office and administration"],"notes":"Documents the tribunal\u0027s own finding that EO N-33-20 required \u0027all Californians to stay home\u0027 and that adjudication had to be re-engineered around it.","sourceUrl":"https://www.dir.ca.gov/wcab/EnBancdecisions2020/COVID-19-April2020.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":57601,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-COURTS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-COURTS-002","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-COURTS-002","citation":"Workers\u0027 Compensation Appeals Board of the State of California (en banc), In re: COVID-19 State of Emergency, En Banc No. 2, Misc. No. 261 (Apr. 6, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-002)","stateName":"California","related":["AGY-ST-COURTS-001","AGY-ST-COURTS-003"]}