¿Qué son los beneficios por incapacidad temporal?
Si usted está lesionado en el trabajo y no puede hacer su trabajo habitual, puede ser elegible para recibir beneficios por incapacidad temporal durante su recuperación. Los beneficios de incapacidad temporal son pagos por salarios perdidos ya sea 1) su médico tratante determinó que usted no puede hacer su trabajo habitual por más de 3 días, y 2) su empleador no le ofrece otro trabajo que...
What Are Temporary Disability Benefits?
If you are injured at work and are unable to do your usual job, you may be eligible for temporary disability benefits during your recovery. Temporary disability benefits are payments for lost wages because either 1) your treating doctor determined you are unable to do your usual job for more than 3 days, and 2) your employer doesn’t offer you other work that pays your usual wages while you...
A Word on California Immigration
A major issue in California and the nation right now is immigration.
It is estimated that approximately 10% of California workers are undocumented with a majority of them doing some of the toughest jobs around.
The California worker’s comp arena is designed to be a note fault system focused on getting the injured worker medical treatment and back to work. Unfortunately many of the...
Is My New Injury Part of My Workers Compensation Claim?
You sustained a workers’ comp injury, have a claim, and are receiving treatment. But then you suffer an additional injury outside of work.
For example, you sustained a low back and left leg injury at work, but later at some point your right leg is really hurting all the time. This is possibly from overuse as you are favoring your left leg and your right leg is overcompensating. Is it...