As used in this chapter:

(a) “Employee” includes the person injured and any other person to whom a claim accrues by reason of the injury or death of the former.

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Terms Used In California Labor Code 3850

  • Employer: includes insurer as defined in this division. See California Labor Code 3850
  • injury: as used in this division , includes cancer, including leukemia, that develops or manifests itself during a period in which any member described in subdivision (a) is in the service of the department or unit, if the member demonstrates that he or she was exposed, while in the service of the department or unit, to a known carcinogen as defined by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, or as defined by the director. See California Labor Code 3212.1
  • Person: means any person, association, organization, partnership, business trust, limited liability company, or corporation. See California Labor Code 18

(b) “Employer” includes insurer as defined in this division.

(c) “Employer” also includes the Self-Insurers’ Security Fund, where the employer‘s compensation obligations have been assumed pursuant to Section 3743.

(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 252, Sec. 6. Effective June 27, 1984.)