Workers’ Compensation

An injury that keeps a California worker from earning a living can be financially devastating. Although workers' compensation is designed to help workers in dealing with such challenges after suffering a work-related injury or illness, two separate entities have...

As many California residents may know, the incidence of working from home has increased in the last few decades. Businesses and governmental agencies have recognized the benefits inherent in this situation. Since employers have a responsibility to keep employees safe...

When people think about workplace accidents and injuries, knee injuries are probably not one of the first types of injuries that come to mind. Knee injuries, however, are very common, and may result from workplace accidents or may occur as a repetitive stress injury...

A contractor and a subcontractor have been assessed in excess of $100,000 in fines in connection with a May 2014 fatality. The general contractor on the project, a Colorado company, has been fined $54,935, and the subcontractor, a California company, has been fined...

California residents may be interested to learn that in 2013, the number of workplace injuries continued a trend demonstrating an overall reduction in their incidence. The year brought three million reported work-related injuries and illnesses across the country,...

According to the California Highway Patrol, a suspected drunk driver struck and killed a construction worker in the early morning hours of Oct. 27. The accident took place around midnight in a construction zone on eastbound Highway 68 in Salinas. The family of the...

A group of construction workers in California say they were sickened after being sprayed with pesticides. The incident took place in Sutter County in July when a helicopter pilot who was conducting aerial agriculture spraying flew close to a construction work site....

Workers who have been injured on the job are entitled to evidence-based medical treatment under California workers' compensation laws' doctors must recommend and perform medical treatments that have been proven scientifically effective for the work injury or illness....

California employers and employees both have certain rights and responsibilities related to work-related safety issues and injuries caused on or by the job. Both have obligations toward maintaining a safe working environment. However, when an employee is injured...

Assembly bill 1897 passed the California legislature on Aug. 28, bringing it one step closer to being made law. The bill would establish penalties for companies whose temporary workers are cheated by the subcontractors and temp agencies that are technically their...