Workers' Comp Law

It's heartening to read that 65% of the Workers' Comp claims submitted by the end of April were accepted. However, that leaves 35% of people who may have the need for an appeal. Regardless of which Workers' Comp attorney you go to, for an appeal, get an attorney. They are complicated and have strict deadlines. And these cases are taken on a contingency basis, so you don't have to put money up-front.

"Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara ordered insurance companies to return insurance premiums to consumers and businesses . . .The Commissioner's Bulletin covers premiums paid for at least the months of March and April including the month of May if shelter in place restrictions continue in at least six different insurance lines: private passenger automobile, commercial automobile, workers' compensation, commercial multi-peril, commercial liability, medical malpractice, and any other insurance line where the risk of loss has fallen substantially as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic." http://www.insurance.ca.gov//0100/2020/release038-2020.cfm

If you are an essential worker of a designated essential business that is insured by the California State Compensation Insurance Relief, both you and the operator of the business may be eligible for COVID-19 assistance. Two new $25 million relief funds to help defray COVID-19-related safety expenses for businesses and to provide wage replacement assistance for workers who contracted COVID-19 that is determined to be work-related. Monies also are available to cover medical costs for essential workers without health insurance.

Many healthcare workers in hospitals who contract COVID-19 are finding their workers' comp claims are being denied. These hospitals are claiming that the worker's contraction of the virus is "from the community." If California legislators don't take action to protect these healthcare workers, workers' compensation attorneys are going to assist these heroes to ensure they receive the compensation they deserve.

"Within months, the U.S. Postal Service fired her, one of about 44,000 employees who were either fired or left their jobs under pressure over five years in a program that targeted employees with work-related injuries, according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission."