What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration denied.
Defendant sought reconsideration of the Amended Findings of Fact and Order/Award issued on January 27, 2025, which found discrimination under Labor Code section 132a and awarded benefits to applicant.
What was disputed, and how it came out
Each issue the panel decided, with the reasoning it gave. An outcome is what this panel did on this record — not a rule, and not a prediction.
Applicant established a prima facie claim of discrimination under Labor Code section 132a based on credible testimony and evidence that defendant knew of the work-related injury and discriminated against applicant by terminating him without a legitimate business reason.
From the decision · page 1Defendant seeks reconsideration of the Amended Findings of Fact and Order/Award (F&O) issued on January 27, 2025, wherein the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) found that (1) while employed as a police officer by defendant during the period January 1, 2004 through February 2, 2008, applicant sustained injury arising out of and in the course of employment to his psyche; (2) an award was issued based on the parties' Stipulations with Request for Award dated April 3, 2012 for 17% permanent disability; (3) applicant was employed from March 1997 until his termination on July 14, 2009, based on a three day Board of Rights hearing; (4) applicant established a prima facie claim of Labor Code section 132a1 discrimination; (5) defendant did not have a legitimate business reason for the discrimination; and (6) defendant discriminated against applicant for having a work-related injury pursuant to section 132a.