Category Archives: Cal-OSHA

Cal-OSHA, Serious and Willful, Workers' Compensation

A VIOLATION OF LABOR CODE SECTION 6400 COULD LEAD TO A ‘SERIOUS AND WILLFUL’ MISCONDUCT CLAIMS

Posted on by Joseph Yrulegui

Workers’ compensation insurance helps to ensure that people hurt on the job have access to medical care and financial support. Workers’ compensation benefits are no-fault: An employee can recover compensation regardless of whether the employer caused the accident. In turn, workers’ compensation is a sole legal remedy for injured employees. Workers generally cannot file a […]

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Cal-OSHA, Workers' Compensation

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT CAL-OSHA AND THE CAL-OSHA APPEALS PROCESS

Posted on by Joseph Yrulegui

Passed by the United States Congress in 1970, the Occupational Safety and Health Act created “OSHA”—the federal agency responsible for setting and enforcing certain workplace safety standards. Notably, the federal law grants states the authority to manage their own OSHA programs as long as certain requirements are met. The Division of Occupational Safety and Health […]

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