Workers' compensation: disability benefits: gender disparity.

Existing law provides certain methods for determining workers' compensation benefits payable to a worker or the worker's dependents for purposes of temporary disability, permanent total disability, permanent partial disability, and in case of death. This bill would increase the payment of disability benefits by the percentage of disparity in earnings between genders, as specified. The bill would apply prospectively to injuries occurring on or after January 1, 2023.