Workers Rights to Second Opinions After a Workplace Injury
After a workplace injury in California, your access to medical care is shaped by specific workers’ compensation laws designed to control costs and shape treatment. While the system does not give you unlimited freedom to visit any doctor you want, it also recognizes your right to speak up if you disagree with your care…
Can California Workers Get Compensation for Valley Fever at Work
As a California worker, you may hear about Valley Fever, especially if you spend time outdoors or around construction sites. Valley Fever, officially called coccidioidomycosis, is a lung infection caused by breathing in spores from soil fungus that lives in certain dry, dusty parts of the state. If you’re exposed on the job and…
Unsafe or Dangerous Equipment at Work
Workplace equipment is supposed to help you do your job more efficiently and safely. But when equipment breaks, isn’t maintained, or was never working properly in the first place, people can get injured. If you’ve been injured on the job due to faulty tools, broken machines, or protective gear that failed, it’s important to…
Understanding the Light Duty Work Program in California
A light duty work program is a way for injured California workers to get back to the job before they’re fully healed, by returning with fewer physical or mental demands. This program helps both employees and employers during recovery by creating roles that work around medical limitations, instead of expecting someone to go back…