Worker’s Compensation and Lost Wages in California

Worker’s Compensation and Lost Wages in California

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...

Can a Hernia Be a Work-Related Injury?

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...
Workers’ Compensation Death Benefits Explained

Workers’ Compensation Death Benefits Explained

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,...