Workers' Compensation law blog

All employers in Van Nuys and all across California are required to have workers’ compensation insurance to ensure that employees who suffer from work-related injuries and illnesses get the medical care they need in a timely manner. California employers also...

Many people in Los Angeles and elsewhere in California may not know this, but there is actually a program that allows injured workers to get a one-time $5,000 return-to-work payment after a workplace injury. The program is called the Return-to-Work Supplement...

If you have been injured on the job, and you are unable to work because of your workplace injury, you are most likely eligible for temporary disability benefits. Temporary disability (TD) benefits are payments you receive while recovering from an...

More than 8.5 Americans work either rotating shifts or night shifts, but only a small percentage of them know that such symptoms as excessive sleepiness and insomnia – closely associated with the so-called shift work disorder – can lay the...

Many workers in Los Angeles and all across California wonder: “Do skin conditions and diseases qualify as work-related injuries?” In other words, can you obtain worker’s compensation benefits for a skin-related condition or injury? The answer is “Yes, you can,” says our Los Angeles workplace...

Slip and fall accidents account for a staggering more than 20 percent of all workers’ compensation claims in California and all across the United States. There are also trip and fall accidents that result in on-the-job injuries, and even if...

While most employees in Los Angeles and elsewhere in California recover from their workplace injuries, some are left disabled for the rest of their lives. When the latter happens, an injured worker may be eligible for permanent disability (PD) benefits...

Undocumented workers make up a significant portion of California’s workforce. So how do the hardline immigration policies and an ever-growing number of crackdowns on illegal immigrants in Los Angeles and elsewhere in California impact workers’ compensation in the state? Despite...

A recent shooting at YouTube’s California campus, in which a 38-year-old female vegan activist injured three people before killing herself, is not the only workplace shooting to occur in the state in the past three years. California workplace violence and...

No, doctors are not always right. Everyone can make a mistake, including your primary treating physician. The problem is: if a doctor’s medical report does not reflect the extent of your injuries or fails to prescribe adequate or necessary medical...