If you have been injured while performing your duties, the California labor law entitles you to a workers’ compensation for your injuries. However, it is imperative that you report your injury within the stipulated time limit to be eligible for compensation. Once this...
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What benefits can I get through workers’ compensation?
If you suffer a workplace accident and are injured, you can claim against your employer’s worker’s compensation insurance. The same applies if you become ill due to your job or workplace. Insurers do not hand out money freely and may try to settle early to minimize...
Can your employer do more to prevent workplace injuries?
A report published earlier this year by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) hinted at how workplace illnesses and injuries are predictable, and thus, also preventable. The federal agency cited various reporting requirements that both employers and...
Can workers’ comp help you move to a new career after an injury?
Workers often require convalescent leave after an injury on the job. Workers' compensation insurance can protect injured workers by giving them disability benefits. These benefits will cover some of the workers’ missed wages when they are at home recovering....
Can you refuse to do work that seems too dangerous?
You know that there is always a chance that you could get injured at work. Even simple things, like changing a lightbulb or walking down the stairs, could lead to a serious accident. But what if your boss asks you to do something that really seems far too dangerous?...
Do teens have a right to workers’ compensation?
This is the time of year when teens across California start looking for summer jobs if they don’t already have one lined up. Many businesses of all kinds rely on teen employees and find many advantages to hiring them. Most teens are part-time workers, so businesses...
Repetitive stress injuries add up, so don’t delay medical treatment
Repetitive stress injuries (RSIs) develop slowly, over time. Quite often, they're work-related injuries that are directly tied to the motions a worker has to make over and over again to do their job. Once an RSI develops, it can be quite debilitating. That's why it is...
What if your job injury resurfaces after closing your claim?
Scenario: You suffered an on-the-job back injury that required medical treatment and time away from work. You took all the proper steps and followed the California workers’ compensation regulations. Soon, your condition improved, and your claim was resolved....
If a worker causes an injury, do they lose out on workers’ comp?
There is a popular saying that accidents happen. The idea is that people sometimes wind up in circumstances over which they have no control and for which they have no personal responsibility. While that may be true, many times the events that people refer to as...
Workplace cumulative trauma injuries are often hard to prove
As you know, workers’ compensation helps employees obtain medical care and replace their lost wages when workplace injuries occur. Some injuries are relatively easy to prove because they are the result of specific events. For example, it is easy to show how falling...