All employers in the state of California are required to carry workers’ compensation insurance, even if they just have one employee. California employers must pay for workers’ compensation benefits if their employees become ill or are injured due to work. The...
Worker’s compensation benefits were shaped to provide an injured worker with the medical treatment they need to recover from a work-related injury or illness and to partially replace the wages the worker lost while they were recovering. These benefits do not include...
For people who have been injured at work, one of the first concerns is often whether or not they will be eligible to receive workers’ compensation benefits. Of course, after an injury, the first priority is to get any necessary medical care. After you receive medical...
This blog recently updated in January 2022 and was originally published in Aug 25, 2018. Workers’ compensation may provide benefits to employees with a hernia that was directly or indirectly caused by work activities Hernias affect about 5% of the population at some...
If an employee in the state of California dies as a result of a workplace injury or illness, his or her family may be entitled to death benefits under California workers’ compensation law. Generally, the state pays death benefits to the deceased worker’s spouse,...
