In California, workers are entitled to certain benefits if they get hurt at work. Under the workers’ compensation system, injured workers can get medical care, wage replacement benefits, and even job training. When they have recovered, they can also return to their jobs. The decision about when an employee can return to work – and
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The Process of Returning to Work After a California Workers’ Compensation Claim
March 13, 2025 By Leave a Comment
Appel Law Firm Recognized on Nextdoor as “Neighborhood Favorite”
December 9, 2021 By Leave a Comment
Appel Law Firm LLP is pleased to announce that we have been chosen as a “Neighborhood Favorite” by Nextdoor for 2021. This award is given to businesses in the community based on votes by the people whose opinion matters most: our neighbors. The Neighborhood Favorite award is the only business awards program that is based
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CA Governor’s Workers COVID-19 Compensation Order
May 21, 2020 By Leave a Comment
If you are injured or develop an illness related to your work, you are entitled to receive certain benefits. That is the point of California’s workers’ compensation system: to ensure that people who are hurt or become ill as a result of their jobs get what they need to recover. Prior to May 6, 2020
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Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) vs Agreed Medical Evaluator (AME)
January 2, 2020 By Leave a Comment
If you were injured in a work-related accident in California, you may be entitled to receive workers’ compensation benefits through your employer’s workers’ compensation insurance. Besides paying temporary disability benefits for lost wages during the time you are unable to work, these benefits also cover the expenses of the medical evaluator, current health treatments, and
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California’s Utilization Review Process Explained
May 18, 2018 By Leave a Comment
There is growing interest in ensuring that anyone who receives medical care through workers’ compensation claims deserves it. It’s a harsh reality in California. If you have suffered an injury at work, you likely just want to ensure your losses are covered by the coverage employers are required to maintain under law. However, this process
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Workers’ Compensation: Difference Between Compromise and Release vs. Stipulation
May 17, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Main Takeaways The workers’ compensation (WC) system in California includes a variety of payment types. The payment types an injured employee receives as they move through the CA workers’ compensation system depends on the extent of their injury(ies). Once the injured worker reaches Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI), settlement negotiations can begin. California’s WC: Periodic Payments
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California’s Employment Development Department and Work Compensation FAQs
May 16, 2018 By Leave a Comment
If a worker sustains an injury while on the job, the employer compensates them through workers’ compensation (WC) insurance. If an individual suffers an illness or injury that is not related to their work, they can ask for time off for treatment through disability insurance (DI), which is a component of the state disability insurance
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Workers’ Compensation: How to Calculate Your TTD Rate in California
May 15, 2018 By Leave a Comment
If you’ve been hurt at work and have been deemed unable to work by your treating workers’ compensation physician, you are entitled to receive temporary total disability, or TTD benefits, to help replace your lost income while you recover from your industrial injuries. How to Calculate TTD The calculations used to determine how much you’ll
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Workers’ Compensation Acronyms
May 10, 2018 By Leave a Comment
California’s workers’ compensation program uses a variety of acronyms throughout its documentation. As such, understanding this documentation can often be challenging to a recently injured worker. For this reason, we created a list of commonly used acronyms (with their meanings) to assist those who are moving through the workers’ compensation program in California. AMA –
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Your Workers Compensation Claim Is Accepted, Now What?
May 9, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Work-related injuries can range from inconvenient to debilitating and detrimental; this is why your California employer is required to carry workman’s compensation insurance. Once your claim has been accepted, there are several things to consider next, including who is qualified to provide treatment, whether you’re able to continue working in the same capacity as before,
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