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VotersInjuredatWork.org is dedicated to preserving
the rights and benefits that are guaranteed under the California
Constitution, Article XIV, Section 4.
California Constitution
ARTICLE XIV LABOR RELATIONS
SEC. 4. The Legislature is hereby expressly vested with
plenary power, unlimited by any provision of this Constitution,
to create, and enforce a complete system of workers' compensation,
by appropriate legislation, and in that behalf to create and
enforce a liability on the part of any or all persons to compensate
any or all of their workers for injury or disability, and
their dependents for death incurred or sustained by the said
workers in the course of their employment, irrespective of
the fault of any party. A complete system of workers' compensation
includes adequate provisions for the comfort, health and safety
and general welfare of any and all workers and those dependent
upon them for support to the extent of relieving from the
consequences of any injury or death incurred or sustained
by workers in the course of their employment, irrespective
of the fault of any party; also full provision for
securing safety in places of employment; full provision for
such medical, surgical, hospital and other remedial treatment
as is requisite to cure and relieve from the effects of such
injury; full provision for adequate insurance coverage
against liability to pay or furnish compensation;full provision
for regulating such insurance coverage in all its aspects,
including the establishment and management of a state compensation
insurance fund; full provision for otherwise securing the
payment of compensation; and full provision for vesting power,
authority and jurisdiction in an administrative body with
all the requisite governmental functions to determine any
dispute or matter arising under such legislation, to the end
that the administration of such legislation shall accomplish
substantial justice in all cases expeditiously, inexpensively,
and without incumbrance of any character; all of which matters
are expressly declared to be the social public policy of this
State, binding upon all departments of the State government.
The Legislature is vested with plenary powers, to
provide for the settlement of any disputes arising under such
legislation by arbitration, or by an industrial accident commission,
by the courts, or by either, any, or all of these agencies,
either separately or in combination, and may fix and control
the method and manner of trial of any such dispute, the rules
of evidence and the manner of review of decisions rendered
by the tribunal or tribunals designated by it; provided,
that all decisions of any such tribunal shall be subject to
review by the appellate court of this State. The Legislature
may combine in one statute all the provisions for a complete
system of workers' compensation, as herein defined.
The Legislature shall have power to provide for the payment
of an award to the state in the case of the death, arising
out of and in the course of the employment, of an employee
without dependents, and such awards may be used for the payment
of extra compensation for subsequent injuries beyond the liability
of a single employer for awards to employees of the employer.
Nothing contained herein shall be taken or construed to
impair or render ineffectual in any measure the creation and
existence of the industrial accident commission of this State
or the State compensation insurance fund, the creation and
existence of which, with all the functions vested in them,
are hereby ratified and confirmed.
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