What will happen to your job while you are injured?
If you have been injured at your job in California, you may have filed a claim with your employer to begin receiving workers’ compensation benefits. If you were approved, chances are you are receiving supplemental assistance until you can resume your position at your job. However, what happens to your job while you are injured […]
Seeing the danger: Common hazards in the workplace
The best way to avoid workplace injuries is to see the dangers in advance and learn how to avoid them. All too often, people overlook clear hazards and put themselves or others in dangerous positions. As a worker, this may not even mean that you personally make a mistake. It could be a supervisor or […]
Workers’ compensation not just for accident injuries
If you are like most people who are employed in California, you may be covered by workers’ compensation insurance through your employer. You may also associate this type of insurance and its associated benefits with being hurt in an accident at your place of work. While certainly workers’ compensation is intended to help people in […]
Why was your workers’ compensation claim denied?
Workers’ compensation is a no-fault system, meaning that if you get injured at your California workplace, you will more than likely receive benefits. Unlike in standard personal injury cases, you do not have to prove that your employer acted negligently for the insurer to award you compensation. That said, you may still receive a […]
What are common truck driver job-related injuries?
It may not immediately seem like it, but driving a truck on the roads of California comes with a fair degree of risk. Besides the potential for injury, truck drivers also risk their lives while on the clock. The U.S. Department of Labor notes common truck driver job-related injuries. If you are a truck driver or […]
Beware of workers’ comp nurse case managers
Shortly after a severe accident covered by workers’ compensation, you may receive a phone call from a person who is a nurse case manager. This person works for the insurance company that is paying for your workers’ compensation medical care. This person may tell you he or she is here to make your medical treatments […]
Does CA workers’ comp law cover stress?
Psychiatric stress is a growing epidemic in the United States and throughout California, which is why several states have begun to take measures to combat it. One such measure is allowing workers to collect workers’ compensation benefits for stress and other psychiatric injuries. According to the State of California Department of Industrial Relations Division of […]
Companies using their own medical doctors to avoid workers’ comp
Electric vehicle and solar panel manufacturer Tesla, Inc. is one of Northern California’s largest employers with a workforce of 45,000 employees. It is not difficult to imagine that within the company’s many production and assembly areas, Tesla’s factory workers sometimes suffer on-the-job injuries. According to Reveal by The Center for Investigative Reporting, employees who suffer […]
Who determines when I can return to work?
Not being able to work while you recover from an injury can be a frustrating experience. Many people in this position are eager to return to their jobs as soon as they can. It is important, however, not to rush back to work before you know that doing so will not endanger your health. A […]
Important facts about workers’ compensation
When a California worker is injured or killed on the job, workers’ compensation insurance is intended to help cover costs for medical care, loss of income and other expenses. If a person is killed in a work-related accident, the insurance will pay out death benefits and lost wages for the dependents of the person […]