What the panel ordered
The WCAB rescinded the February 14, 2025 Findings and Order and remanded the matter to the WCJ to consider the compromise and release filed on August 18, 2025, and to conduct further proceedings as appropriate.
Applicant petitioned for reconsideration of the WCJ's Findings and Order issued on February 14, 2025, which denied the petition for increased benefits for discrimination under Labor Code section 132a. The WCAB granted reconsideration to study the factual and legal issues.
What was disputed, and how it came out
Each issue the panel decided, with the reasoning it gave. An outcome is what this panel did on this record — not a rule, and not a prediction.
The WCJ found that the applicant failed to prove the defendant violated Labor Code section 132a, but the parties later settled the issues by compromise and release, leading to remand for further proceedings.
From the decision · page 1Applicant timely petitioned for reconsideration of the Findings and Order issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on February 14, 2025. The WCJ found that applicant failed to prove that defendant violated Labor Code section 132a and that the issues of affirmative defenses and attorney fees are moot. Based on these findings, the WCJ ordered that applicant take nothing by way of his Petition for Increased Benefits for Discrimination under Labor Code section 132a. We granted reconsideration to study the factual and legal issues in this matter.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Applicant failed to prove that defendant violated Labor Code section 132a.
Favours Defendant prevailed
This finding led to the denial of the petition for increased benefits for discrimination.
From the decision · page 1Applicant timely petitioned for reconsideration of the Findings and Order issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on February 14, 2025. The WCJ found that applicant failed to prove that defendant violated Labor Code section 132a and that the issues of affirmative defenses and attorney fees are moot. Based on these findings, the WCJ ordered that applicant take nothing by way of his Petition for Increased Benefits for Discrimination under Labor Code section 132a. We granted reconsideration to study the factual and legal issues in this matter.
Parties settled the Labor Code 132a issues by compromise and release filed on August 18, 2025.
Favours Applicant prevailed
This settlement led to the rescission of the prior Findings and Order and remand for further proceedings.
From the decision · page 1Following their participation at a commissioners' settlement conference set at our request, the parties settled the Labor Code 132a issues raised in applicant's petition by compromise and release filed on August 18, 2025.
The rules the panel named
Authorities as the decision cited them, with how this panel applied each one.
Labor Code section 132a
Labor Code section 132a
The WCJ found no violation of Labor Code section 132a by the defendant.
From the decision · page 1Applicant timely petitioned for reconsideration of the Findings and Order issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on February 14, 2025. The WCJ found that applicant failed to prove that defendant violated Labor Code section 132a and that the issues of affirmative defenses and attorney fees are moot. Based on these findings, the WCJ ordered that applicant take nothing by way of his Petition for Increased Benefits for Discrimination under Labor Code section 132a. We granted reconsideration to study the factual and legal issues in this matter.
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