Worker's Compensation Benefits

California worker’s compensation laws, like worker’s compensation laws in other states, are designed to protect workers and employees who are injured on the job. Under these same worker’s compensation laws, injured employees are entitled to receive compensation for those injuries.

Our Los Angeles workers compensation attorneys help injured workers and employees to recover workers compensation benefits from their employers.

The amount of worker’s compensation benefits that an employee is entitled to is governed by the state worker’s compensation statutes. Although the amount and coverage may differ in each state, all companies are required to provide their employees and workers with workers’ compensation insurance through a state fund, a private insurance carrier or employer self-insuring itself.

Workers’ compensation benefits can be applied to work-related injuries, including, but not limited to:

• Physical injuries incurred while performing regular work duties


• Injuries caused by defects or malfunctions in company machinery used in performing work


• Exposure to toxins at work as a result of normal working conditions


• Mental or physical injuries caused by increased workload and/or work-related stress

Since worker’s compensation is a statutorily-created right, claiming worker’s compensation benefits requires strict adherence to the statutory system. Worker’s compensation is a form of insurance that compensates for medical care expenses incurred by the employee.

Essentially, it provides for six basic benefits:

• Medical care


• It is an employer-paid benefit to help an employee recover from injury or illness related to work. Temporary Disability Benefits


• Benefits given to an employee for payments of lost wages due to a work injury or illness. Permanent Disability Benefits


• Payments given to an employee should the later fail to recover completely. Supplemental Job Displacement Benefits


• This is a benefit in the form of vouchers primarily for retraining or skill enhancement. This is given in case the employee fails to recover completely or return to work. Vocational Rehabilitation


• Job placement counseling and retraining are given should the employee fail to return to the old job and no other work is offered by the employer. Death Benefits

Payments given to employee’s spouse, children or other dependents in case of work related death or illness.

Our experienced Los Angeles worker’s compensation lawyers can help you deal with the complex procedures for recovery of a worker’s compensation claim and help you obtain the benefits that you deserve.

Our skilled employment and labor attorneys are knowledgeable with both state and federal laws that protect the rights and privileges of California workers and employees.

We also represent employers in employment cases involving workers compensation and help them ensure compliance to various state and federal laws.

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