Where this sits
- Chapter 4.5.
- Division of Workers' Compensation
- Subchapter 2. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board--Rules and Practice Procedure
- Article 2. Powers, Duties and Responsibilities
The regulation, as printed
Authority and history
Note: Authority cited: Sections 133 and 5307, Labor Code. Reference: Section 115, Labor Code.
1. Renumbering of former section 10341 to section 10325, including amendment of section heading and section, filed 12-17-2019; operative 1-1-2020. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Government Code section 11351 (Register 2019, No. 51).
What panels did with this rule
Released decisions that named § 10325, with the passage each turned on. A panel decision persuades; it does not bind.
- ADJ7445107 · 2025-10-13 · Van Nuys District Office8 CCR § 10325
Determinative passage · p.11 Commissioner Sweeney, who was on the panel that issued the order granting reconsideration, is no longer a member of the Appeals Board. Another panel member has been assigned in her place. 2 En banc decisions of the Appeals Board are binding precedent on all Appeals Board panels and workers' compensation administrative judges. (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 10325; City of Long Beach v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (Garcia) (2005) 126 Cal.App.4th 298, 316, fn. 5 [70 Cal.Comp.Cases 109]; Gee v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (2002) 96 Cal.App.4th 1418, 1424, fn. 6 [67 Cal.Comp.Cases 236].) This en banc decision is also adopted as a precedent decision pursuant to Government Code section 11425.60(b).
The Appeals Board emphasized the binding nature of en banc decisions and stare decisis.
Official decision · page 1 → - ADJ7445107 · 2025-10-13 · Van Nuys District Office8 CCR § 10325
Determinative passage · p.16Therefore, we hold en banc that: 1. All en banc decisions are binding on panels of the Appeals Board and the WCJs, and the
The WCAB clarified that these en banc decisions are binding and not superseded by regulation, and defendants must comply with both WCAB Rule 10390 and Coldiron I and II.
Official decision · page 16 → - ADJ16491268 · 2024-11-14 · Redding District Office8 CCR § 10325
Determinative passage · p.11 En banc decisions of the Appeals Board are binding precedent on all Appeals Board panels and workers' compensation administrative law judges. (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 10325; City of Long Beach v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (Garcia) (2005) 126 Cal.App.4th 298, 316, fn. 5 [70 Cal.Comp.Cases 109]; Gee v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (2002) 96 Cal.App.4th 1418, 1424, fn. 6 [67 Cal.Comp.Cases 236].) This en banc decision is also adopted as a precedent decision pursuant to Government Code section 11425.60(b).
The Appeals Board issued this decision as an en banc decision, making it binding precedent.
Official decision · page 1 →
Rules beside this one
Article 2. Powers, Duties and Responsibilities — regulations rarely stand alone, and the answer is often two sections away.
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- § 10324Ex Parte Communications. [Renumbered]
- § 10330Authority of Workers' Compensation Judges.18 decisions
- § 10338Authority of Commissioners of the Appeals Board.
- § 10340Appeals Board Decisions and Orders. [Renumbered]