Chapter 4.5. Division of Workers' Compensation
Subchapter 1. Administrative Director--Administrative Rules
Article 8.5. Employee Information

§9883. Publication of Information, Approval, Spanish Translation.

(a) Insurers, employers or private enterprises may prepare and publish for their use or sale the Notice to Employees poster and/or the Written Notice to New Employees required by this Article upon prior approval of the form and content by the Administrative Director. The Notice to Employees poster and/or Written Notice to New Employees may include a logotype. The addition only of a logotype to a previously approved Notice to Employees poster or Written Notice to New Employees does not require additional approval.

(1) Any published Written Notice to New Employees shall be available in English and Spanish and shall include the information specified in Section 9880.

(2) Any published Notice to Employees poster shall be available in English and Spanish, where there are Spanish-speaking employees, and shall include the information specified in Section 9881.

(b) All matter published subsequent to the effective date of this regulation shall indicate that the written informational material has been approved by the Administrative Director.

(c) Publications other than those of the Administrative Director or the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board may reflect the employer, private publisher or insurance carrier identifier or logotype.

NOTE

Authority cited: Sections 133, 139.6, 3550, 3551 and 5307, Labor Code. Reference: Sections 139.6, 3550 and 3551, Labor Code.

HISTORY

1. New section filed 7-27-79; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 79, No. 30).

2. Change without regulatory effect of NOTE filed 7-11-86; effective upon filing (Register 86, No. 28).

3. Repealer and new section filed 7-11-89; operative 10-1-89 (Register 89, No. 28).

4. Amendment of section and Note filed 7-7-2004; operative 8-1-2004 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2004, No. 28).