Injured Workers Should Not Stand Alone
Summer is in full swing, which means that increased temperatures pose very real risks for those in construction and other outside occupations. If you or someone you love works in construction, be sure to take proper care to keep safe in case of dangerously high heat....
If you suffer an injury on the job, or even if you are tragically killed while at work, workers' compensation insurance provides a number of different benefits to you and possibly your loved ones. Understanding all of the available types of benefits you might receive...
When you suffer an injury on the job, your employer's workers' compensation policy is in place to cover many kinds of needs and expenses. However, your employer's insurance provider's primary concern is not your best interests or ultimate health and well-being. In...
An Oakland construction site narrowly missed what could have been a huge disaster recently, resulting in nine injured workers and, thankfully, no fatalities. The accident occurred when the structure collapsed while workers were pouring wet concrete for the second...
California is often on the forefront of protecting the rights of workers, which is a great point of pride fro the state. Recently, the California Department of Industrial Relations' Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) took up the responsibility of...
A huge number of adults in America suffer from some form of lower back injury throughout their lifetime, and if you have yet to do so, you should consider yourself lucky. According to recent studies, nearly 80 percent of adults throughout the country experience a...
There are many ways that an employer may act negligently, and in many cases they may be helped legally liable for such negligence. If you suspect that your employer is guilty of some form of negligence, don't hesitate to speak with an experienced attorney to help you...
For many workers across America, their job is hurting them just as much or more than it is sustaining them. The pressure to produce at a high level can be crushing, causing many people to reconsider if working for one employer or another is truly worth the drain on...
Each year, hundreds or even thousands of construction workers throughout California suffer serious injuries on the worksite. One of the most serious injuries that a worker might sustain is damage to the high-cervical nerves (HCNs), which can leave you without some or...
As a worker in California, you have a number of protections available under the law that guarantee you do not have to do work that is unreasonably unsafe. This holds true regardless of your field of employment. No matter what kind of job you have, there are...
