Employment law has the Americans With Disabilities Act, Fair Employment and Housing Act and other statutes separate from the Workers Compensation...

Yes...otherwise every worker on probation would get injured so they would pass probabtion!! If you can't perform this job without falling so...

No. A Workers Comp Judge can only order "reasonable" treatment in accordance with the Official Medical Fee Schedule. Your PCP does not bill per...

There's no way FOR YOU to know if your QME is The AntiChrist or an honest guy. Only patients who have rated him as a QME or lawyers who have used...

I think you had a Labor Code 132a violation in addition to the standard workers compensation action, but there is a one-year Statute of Limitations...

Do NOT presume the Employer has the doctor report. Typically the doctor sends it just to you and the insurer. If you didn't send it, HR may not...

Yes. The code says the adjuster has to send a letter within 14 days of stopping or changing the payment. Trouble is, they claim they sent the...

Yes: temporary disability checks stop after 2 years [104 weeks] no matter what the treating doctor writes. AND Permanent Disability payments end...

One PT session will do nothing. You might be given some exercises to do at home but my clients don't get much relief from unsupervised exercises....

EDD has TWO sides: State Disability Insurance (SDI) when the doctor writes you can't work, or Unemployment Insurance when the doctor writes you...