What the panel ordered
The Board granted applicant's Petition for Reconsideration, affirmed the January 8, 2021 Opinion and Order except to amend it to include an award of attorney's fees under Labor Code section 5814.5, and returned the matter to the trial level for further proceedings on attorney's fees.
Applicant seeks reconsideration of the January 8, 2021 Opinion and Order Granting Petition for Reconsideration and Decision after Reconsideration, which granted the Petition for Reconsideration filed by applicant from the Findings and Order issued October 20, 2020 by the WCJ, rescinded the WCJ's F&O, and substituted the Board's own Findings and Order directing defendant to pay penalties under Labor Code section 5814.
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.
The Board found that defendant unreasonably delayed payment, triggering attorney's fees under section 5814.5 after penalties were awarded under section 5814.
From the decision · page 3FINDINGS OF FACT 3. Applicant's attorney is entitled to an award of attorney's fees under Labor
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.