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Workers Comp Unwrapped Episode 514: Electronic Signatures in California WC: What's Now Legal, Required, and How to Go Paperless Correctly
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A claim form has to be signed. A notice has to be acknowledged. A settlement agreement has to be executed. For decades, each of those meant printing, signing in ink, scanning, faxing, and mailing, with the paper trail as the only proof that any of it happened. Recent legal updates now allow key workers' comp documents, including DWC-1 forms, notices, and settlement agreements, to be executed electronically. But "allowed" is not the same as "done correctly." In this episode, Ajay and Angel walk through what going paperless actually requires, why a signature is only as good as…
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