A California baggage worker’s fatal workplace accident has resulted in an investigation and hefty fine of $77,250 by officials at the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, or Cal/OSHA.Officials believe the accident occurred because local policy...
Month: August 2014
An Employee May File A Products Liability Lawsuit For A Workplace Injury in Some Instances
California workers' compensation laws require that employers provide employees with workers' compensation benefits when they are injured during the course of employment. Employees are generally entitled to this compensation even if the accident wasn't the...
Workers’ compensation benefits may not be the sole remedy
When a worker is injured by an on-the-job accident, it is important to timely notify the employer and file a claim for workers’ compensation.Yet that initial filing may not be the end of the matter. Readers may not realize that many workers’ compensation...