California Labor Code

§ 3600.5

LAB § 3600.5 Effective Jan 1, 2014Div. 4 · Part 1 · Ch. 3

Statute text

(a)If an employee who has been hired or is regularly working in the state receives personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of employment outside of this state, he or she, or his or her dependents, in the case of his or her death, shall be entitled to compensation according to the law of this state.

(b)(1) An employee who has been hired outside of this state and his or her employer shall be exempted from the provisions of this division while the employee is temporarily within this state doing work for his or her employer if the employer has furnished workers’ compensation insurance coverage under the workers’ compensation insurance or similar laws of a state other than California, so as to cover the employee’s work while in this state if both of the following apply:

(A)The extraterritorial provisions of this division are recognized in the other state.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 653, Sec. 1. (AB 1309) Effective January 1, 2014.