Workers Compensation and the Opioid Crisis– Opioids claimed more than 59,000 lives in 2016 – leading to a drug crisis of epic proportions. Since Opioid are commonly prescribed for the pain associated with work-related injuries, this Opioid Crisis also impacts the landscape of workers compensation in California and across the country. The average supply of […]
Collecting Workers Compensation: Independent Contractor vs. Employee. Employers are required by law to carry workers’ compensation insurance for their employees. However, businesses do not have to provide independent contractors with workers’ compensation insurance. As Orange County’s leading workers compensation law firm, our attorneys have seen many case where an employer wrongfully tried to deny workers […]
Can I Get Social Security Disability Back Pay ? As Orange County’s premier Social Security lawyers, we are often asked by our clients if they will qualify for “back pay”. It is actually extremely common for back pay to be awarded in Social Security Disability case. Typically, Social Security back pay may be calculated back to […]
Orange County Attorneys Explain Workers’ Comp for Sexual Harassment–(Part 1) Can a person who was sexually harassed in the workplace collect workers’ comp? In California the answer is yes, a victim of sexual harassment can collect workers’ compensation if they: File a workers’ compensation claim within the time period; and Show that they had an […]
Orange County Lawyers Explain Workers Comp for Sexual Harassment–(Part 2) When You Can and Can’t Collect Workers Compensation for Sexual Harassment In Part One of this article, our lawyers explained that employees in California who were physically or psychologically injured by sexual harassment in the workplace can collect workers compensation benefits – under some circumstances. In this article […]
New Workers Comp Medical Treatment Guidelines Take Effect Dec. 1 New medical treatment guidelines take effect this week on December 1, 2017. In this article our experienced Orange County workers comp attorneys explain why this is good news for injured workers and their health care providers. What are Workers Comp Medical Treatment Guidelines? The “Medical […]
How Many People File Workers Comp Cases? Every year new technologies are developed to help keep workers safer and healthier – which should also help reduce the number of workers compensation claims. Stricter environmental guidelines and tougher OSHA regulations are also aimed at preventing harm to workers and decreasing related workers compensation claims. In this […]
Orange County Lawyers Discuss Drops in Workers Comp Medical Payment Amounts– In 2013 California Senate Bill 863 was enacted in an attempt to make wide-ranging changes to California’s workers’ compensation system. The bill sought to increase benefits to injured workers, while also implementing some cost-saving efficiencies that would save insurers money. So, have these changes […]
Nine California Providers Convicted of Workers Compensation Fraud– The California Workers Compensation system provides millions of dollars in much needed medical and living expense benefits to deserving injured workers. But when health care providers – and/or injured workers – try to “cheat” the worker comp system there are very serious consequences. Both health care providers, […]
Ask the Orange County Attorneys: Can I Collect Social Security for Sexual Harassment? The short answer to this is “yes” – if you suffer from a physical or psychological disability resulting from sexual harassment that makes you unable to work at any job you can collect Social Security Disability (if you have enough work credits) […]
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