Covid-Hit California Workers Can File Injury Claims Through 2022

California’s essential workers can claim that they caught the coronavirus on the job and receive workers’ compensation benefits under a measure before Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The state Senate voted late Monday to allow workers until Jan. 1, 2023, to apply for workplace injury benefits, with the Senate voting to send the measure to the governor after the Assembly approved it.

The measure (S.B. 1159) extends Newsom’s(D) May executive order that allowed certain essential workers—peace officers, firefighters, and certain health-care employees, including in-home caretakers—to file workers’ compensation claims through July 5 once they run out of paid ...