Workers' Compensation law blog

California law requires insurance companies to pay penalties to injured workers when insurers make a late workers’ comp payment. Long story short, the penalty for an insurance company’s failure to make a payment in a timely manner is between 10...

Whenever you are hurt on the job it is easy to just sweep it under the rug and take partial responsibility. When accidents happen, your employers may be quick to get you feeling better, but they may not be upfront...

Occupational diseases are workplace illnesses that can occur as a by-product of working in a specific field. Not all jobs expose their employees to conditions that create illnesses. In order to get a better understanding of what constitutes an occupational...

As we grow older, our needs begin to change. This also includes the way we perform at work. That does not mean that older citizens cannot be productive. On the contrary, older employees bring valuable experience and knowledge to the...

We know that your work is your livelihood and that you need the income to support yourself and your family. When you go to work each day, you can do so comfortably knowing that if you are injured on-the-job that...

We know that you work for a few reasons, the most important of them to provide an income for yourself and your family. When anything jeopardizes your ability to make that income, you need to know what to do. Perhaps...

Yes. The state of California recognizes that employees can suffer from mental illnesses due to work related stress. If you are searching for answers to this question then you or someone you love must be suffering from serious mental illness...

ABC News covered a story on the American workforce. They discovered that Americans are amongst the most overworked in the industrialized world. There has been an increase in how many hours Americans week a work to over 40 hours. This article...

An article published earlier this year in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine discusses mental health in the workplace and how employers do not do enough to help employees who suffer from mental health illnesses. In some key findings, and ones...

Wildfires have ravaged California and the Los Angeles area all month and everyone is aware that many people are at risk for injury or illness. We know that Cal/OSHA has issued an advisory for workers and employers in the regions where...