Workers' Compensation law blog

As career choices go, those brave men and women opting to become firefighters make, perhaps, one of the most hazardous. There’s no denying the bravery and selflessness involved in entering a burning building to rescue others, or in willingly putting...

Operating as workplace injuries attorneys in Van Nuys means we are very familiar with just how often employees get injured, or fall ill, due to working conditions, or accidents while working. Workplace violence is just one of the scenarios that...

Popular ride-sharing service, Uber, is currently the defendant in a class action claiming that its drivers are being improperly classified as independent contractors rather than employees and, as such, are being incorrectly denied worker’s compensation. The case, involving some 600,000...

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is responsible for developing regulations and procedures intended to protect workers from injury. Generally, the regulations introduced by OSHA will be very specific, and applicable to one clearly defined group of employees. For...

In what is undoubtedly good news for the thousands of hospitality workers across California, it has been confirmed that the state will adopt new health and safety standards for those employed in the industry. The standard was approved on March...

Workplace injuries can range from a minor cut or bruise to a devastating, life-changing illness or condition. The injury at the root of a recent case brought against Alhambra Foundry most certainly falls into the latter category, given that the...

Retired LAPD officer, Terry Johns, was arrested on Thursday March 8 on eight counts of fraud and related crimes, following an undercover investigation. The 56-year-old ex-police offer had begun the alleged fraud in 2014, the year in which he also...

Although statistics shows that over 2 million employees across the U.S. pursue workers’ compensation claims every year, there are quite a few misconceptions that hover over the process of seeking workers’ comp benefits. Besides, many workers are being kept in...

A new study finds that the number of qualified medical evaluators that focus on workers’ compensation claims in California fell by 20 percent over a five-year period. The staggering decline in the number of qualified medical evaluators in California is...

The Division of Worker’s Compensation in California is responsible for monitoring worker’s compensation claims, assisting in resolving any disputes which may arise, and working towards minimizing the effects workplace injuries have on both employees and employers. One of the duties...