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Dennis v. State of California (2020) ADJ9346293, 85 Cal.Comp.Cases 389
Appeals Board en banc · binding precedent · 22 pages · retrieved 2026-08-24 · machine-verified 2026-08-24
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Holdings & conclusions
“(1) AD Rule 10133.54 is invalid because it exceeds the statutory authority granted to the Administrative Director under sections 4658.5, subdivision (c), and 4658.7, subdivision (h), and restricts the exclusive adjudicatory power of the WCAB to adjudicate compensation claims, including disputes over supplemental job displacement benefits;”
“(2) an employer must show that it made a bona fide offer of regular, modified, or alternative work in order to avoid liability for a supplemental job displacement benefit voucher.”
The tribunal
Chair: Katherine A. Zalewski
Commissioner: Deidra E. Lowe
Commissioner: Marguerite Sweeney
Commissioner: José H. Razo
Commissioner: Katherine Williams Dodd
Commissioner: Craig Snellings (signed as “Craig Snellings” in Dennis, Perez, and Vazquez)
commissioner (not participating): Juan Pedro Gaffney (unavailable; did not participate (fn. 4))
district office: Sacramento District Office
served: Paul T. Dolberg – Mastagni Holstedt, A.P.C.
served: Natasha M. Heale – State Compensation Insurance Fund
served: Office of the Administrative Director – Legal Unit
Where the book shelves it
§ 1.1 The Weight of En Banc Decisions
§ 1.3 The Appeals Board as Court; Rulemaking Authority and Its Limits
§ 1.4 Statutory Construction; Prospective Application of New Interpretations
§ 2.1 Exclusive Jurisdiction of the WCAB
§ 15.1 The Supplemental Job Displacement Benefit
§ 15.2 The Bona Fide Offer of Regular, Modified, or Alternative Work
§ 15.3 SJDB Disputes: WCAB Jurisdiction; Invalidity of AD Rule 10133.54
Census accounting
Every sentence of this decision is accounted for: 451 sentences — 66 quoted in the book, the remainder excluded with stated reasons. Ledger: /api/census · quote hashes: /api/verification.