Abstract
The workers' compensation system presumably gives workers swift and easy access to benefits if they are injured on the job and, simultaneously, protects employers by making workers' compensation benefits the exclusive remedy for work-related injuries. The exclusive remedy provision, however, is often complicated when antidiscrimination laws come into play. At issue are the types of actions employees can bring and the types of remedies and the amount of damages they may seek. Two recent California cases analyzed in this article reach conflicting interpretations of employment rights in relation to workers' compensation remedies and may foreshadow a larger conflict in other workers' compensation cases.
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