California Labor Code CHAPTER 2 - Compromise and Release

• Section 5000.
  No contract, rule, or regulation shall exempt the employer from liability for the compensation fixed by this division, but nothing in this division shall:(a) Impair the...
• Section 5001.
  Compensation is the measure of the responsibility which the employer has assumed for injuries or deaths which occur to employees in his employment when subject...
• Section 5002.
  A copy of the release or compromise agreement signed by both parties shall forthwith be filed with the appeals board. Upon filing with and approval...
• Section 5003.
  Every release or compromise agreement shall be in writing and duly executed, and the signature of the employee or other beneficiary shall be attested by...
• Section 5004.
  In case of death there shall also be stated in the release or compromise agreement:(a) The date of death.(b) The name of the widow.(c) The names and ages...
• Section 5005.
  In any case involving a claim of occupational disease or cumulative injury, as set forth in Section 5500.5, the employee and any employer, or any...
• Section 5006.
  A determination of facts by the appeals board under this chapter has no collateral estoppel effect on a subsequent criminal prosecution and does not preclude...

Last modified: October 22, 2018