California employers know that workers’ compensation costs and complications are greater here than in any other state. While workers certainly deserve fair treatment when injured on the job, California has managed to create an extremely complicated system that leaves employers open to liability as they attempt to navigate their obligations.
This toolkit will help you understand your obligations under the system and provide you with information on what to expect should you have a worker injured on the job. In addition, it will help highlight some of the current vulnerabilities for employers and ways that some workers have begun to abuse the system or file fraudulent claims.