California Workers’ Compensation Articles

The Gate Before the Medical Question Most people applying for Social Security Disability are focused on proving they can’t work. That’s the hard part, and it’s where the attention goes. But there’s a gate before it, and it has nothing to do with your medical condition. SSDI is an insurance program — you paid into it through payroll taxes, and eligibility depends on having paid in enough, recently enough. That’s measured in work credits. People

Two Systems That Don’t Talk to Each Other — Until They Do Workers’ compensation and Social Security Disability are entirely separate programs. One is a California system for work-related injuries. The other is a federal insurance program based on your earnings record, and it doesn’t care how you became disabled. You can qualify for both. Plenty of seriously injured workers do. What surprises people is that qualifying for both doesn’t mean receiving both in full.

The Question People Are Afraid to Ask You’re receiving Social Security Disability. A former coworker offers you a few hours a week, or you find something part-time you can physically manage, and immediately the fear arrives: if I earn anything, do I lose everything? A lot of people never ask, and simply don’t work — losing income they could have safely earned. Others work without reporting it and end up with an overpayment notice for

7 Mistakes That Can Hurt Your CA Workers Comp Case A workplace injury changes everything — sometimes overnight. One moment you’re on the job in Grass Valley, Auburn, or somewhere in the Sacramento foothills, and the next you’re in pain, unsure about your paycheck, and trying to figure out what happens next. If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone, and you’re not without options. What you do in the days and weeks after a workplace

The Quietest Way to Lose a Good Claim Injured workers rarely lose California comp claims because a judge decided against them. They lose them because a date passed. Deadlines in this system are unforgiving, they don’t announce themselves, and nobody on the other side has any incentive to remind you. Here are the ones that matter. 30 Days — Report the Injury Report your injury to your employer as soon as possible. California generally requires